Episode 74: Out of Luck

## Synopsis

Bjorn, Henry, and Sammie fight Jadis and her witches. Sammie finally blasts Jadis into oblivion, but Jadis lodges her knife in Sammie's chest. The tip of Jadis' knife becomes lodged in her chest, unable to be removed safely.

## Episode Description

It all comes down to this moment. Our heroes have ambushed the witches on their own turf, and they have one chance to end an ancient evil once and for all.

## Key Events

* Sammie defeats Jadis, but not before Jadis is able to plunge her ritual knife into her chest.
* Bjorn pulls the knife out of Sammie's chest, but the tip is lodged behind her sternum.
* Miguel asks Sammie to check andsee if the purple haze from necromantic magic has left Thornvale, but it's still there. Miguel says something is coming, something they've never dealth with before.

## Summary

Sammie hears Jadis speak in a language she doesn't understand. A large burst of concussive energy explodes out from Jadis, flattening everyone around her. Sammie is thrown and knocked to the ground, unable to move as she's gagged and bound by vines. She manages to roll to her side and then use her force magic to break the vines around her. Jadis snaps around and focuses on her.

Bjorn becomes visible and dives in to try and grab Sammie. Jadis sees Bjorn approach and backhands him as he dives. Bjorn is thrown backward into a tree. Henry dives in from the sky, planning to grab Sammie, but takes a shot at Jadis first. He fires, but the bullet simply ricochets off her skin. Sammie recognizes Jadis seems to be completely covered in some kind of shield spell. Jadis ignores Henry, reaching down to grab hold of Sammie's face. Sammie suddenly finds herself flickering back and forth between Jadis and the clearing and the country club where she fought the nightmare. Both of them feel equally real. She drops Sammie and turns to Henry, smirking at him and motioning for him to come get her.

Henry dives toward Jadis, then ducks to the side at the last minute to grab Sammie. He takes off with her, but she seems to be a bit limp in her current state. Bjorn, seeing that Henry has grabbed Sammie, takes to the sky to follow them. He takes a shot at Jadis with his assault rifle and Jadis reaches out toward him. She's able to completely encase one of his wings with ice and Bjorn slams into the ground.

Sammie is able to clear her head enough to see where Jadis is. Sammie throws a fire blast at her as Henry flies them through the sky. The jet of fire hits Jadis and she scowls. She summons a tornado up from the ground beneath Henry and Sammie. They are both thrown in different directions. Sammie hits the ground while Henry stays in the air. Henry tries to fly away but gets caught in the tornado. He's spun in circles rapidly until he slams into a tree and falls to the ground.

Bjorn looks over at Jadis just in time to see her preparing to lob an ice spike in his direction. Bjorn is able to shoot it out of her hand, but suddenly finds himself being sucked into quick sand at his feet. Bjorn, Henry, and Sammie suddenly notice a commotion from the other side of the battle. The guard that had let Sammie and Dallas into the camp earlier is now much larger than he was before, like he's been 'hulked out.' He tears toward them across the field.

Sammie is struggling with flashing back and forth between the field and the country club. She screams for Jadis to get out of her head and focuses on using magic to clear it. She gets rid of it for now and looks up just in time to see Jadis running toward her. Sammie shoots a powerful blast of fire that burns the side of Jadis' face. Jadis screams and the large guard begins running toward her and Sammie. Henry sees an opportunity. With the guard's back turned toward him, he swoops in and lands on his back slashing at it with a powerful blow. The guard reaches up and grabs him, slamming him to the ground.

Jadis is still crying out in pain. She pulls burning skin from the side of her face. She stares daggers at Sammie and throws an ice spike at her. Sammie raises a hand and uses a force blast to smash the ice spike into snow in mid-air. Bjorn tries to break the ice on his wing. He dismisses and manifests his wings quickly a few times and it finally breaks. He uses his wings to pull himself out, but the quicksand has an unearthly pull and hurts his ankle.

Bjorn quickly takes a shot at Jadis. Time seems to slow down for a moment and Bjorn watches as Jadis moves with inhuman speed. She puts her hand out and blasts around his bullet, throwing him back into the tree. The bullet goes through Jadis' hand, but doesn't stop her from blasting Bjorn back. Jadis turns her attention back to Sammie. Jadis takes off toward Sammie at a terrifying speed. Sammie manages to throw up an earth wall fast enough for her to not see it coming and she slams into the back of it.

The guard has a hold of Henry by the hair. He manages to pull himself out of the guard's grasp, but his magnum falls out of its holster. The guard steps on it and breaks it.

While hovering in the air in order to not land on his injured ankle, Bjorn shoots at Jadis. He hits her in the hip, dropping her to a knee. Jadis uses the earth wall she just ran into and throws it at Bjorn. Sammie runs from Jadis again, but Jadis uses her own move against her and throws up an earth wall in front of her. Sammie dodges it, but Jadis is able to expand the wall into a circle, trapping Sammie inside of it. Jadis yells at Sammie that she's not getting away.

Henry, now free of the guard's grasp, aims to take him down. He slashes at the back of the guard's legs to slow him down and the guard topples. Unfortunately, Henry is caught beneath him and pinned to the ground.

Sammie is now trapped in a tube of earth. She lights her hand aflame, ready to hit Jadis with a fireball as soon as she shows herself. Suddenly, she's looking into the eyes of the nightmare. Sammie, confused between what is and isn't reality, blasts the nightmare with a fireball. Blinking back into reality, Sammie realizes that she's blasted a hole in the earth tube she's trapped in. Jadis steps through it. Sammie tries to blast her with fire, but Jadis grabs her hand. Suddenly, Sammie feels strange. She starts to feel tired to her core. Sammie falls to the ground as she feels a part of her very essence drained from her.

Bjorn can see Jadis closing in on Sammie and see Henry pinned beneath the guard. Bjorn flies toward Jadis and takes a shot at her. Jadis steps toward him and holds her hand out. She creates a gust of air that blasts him down onto the ground. Henry, still pinned under the guard, squirms his way out. He then turns and slashes at the guards back, destroying his spine. The guard stops moving entirely.

Jadis walks around the inside of the earth wall, circling Sammie. She chides Sammie for making this so difficult and readies her knife. She holds out a hand to freeze Sammie in place. She lunges toward Sammie, plunging her knife into Sammie's chest. Sammie manages to reach her hand up and blast the other side of Jadis face with a powerful stream of fire. Jadis is blown back by the force and falls to the ground, dead. Sammie falls to her knees with a knife deep in her chest.

The gunshots around them begin to fade out. Bjorn, Henry, and Sammie look around and see just Dragon Knights and H.U.N.T.E.R. agents left standing. Henry tries to run toward Sammie, but finds he's more injured than he realizes and he falls to the ground. Bjorn goes to Henry first, stabilizing him. He then works on himself before rushing to Sammie. A H.U.N.T.E.R. agent has come to Sammie's side and helped her lay on the ground, but isn't sure how to address the wound. As Bjorn comes over, he asks Sammie if she can heal the wound after he pulls the knife. Sammie agrees.

Bjorn pulls the knife out of Sammie's chest. Sammie pumps some healing magic into the wound to slow the bleeding. He realizes that the tip of the knife is missing as he pulls it away. Bjorn tries to pull the shrapnel out of her chest, but can't reach it where it's at. He's able to stabilize her at least. Bjorn calls for magical help and Angelina arrives. Angelina puts her hand on the wound. Her eyes turn golden and she looks at the wound. She looks confused and then her eyes widen. Angelina explains that it looks like the knife tip was designed to break off inside of her chest. She's not sure if they should remove or even can.

Bjorn asks if Sammie can look at the wound with her Third Eye and Sammie confirms that the shard isn't in a dangerous place, but is glowing with green witch magic. Bjorn says there's no way to tell what they should do. He says that it's ultimately up Sammie. Henry, now in the crowd, agrees. Sammie suggests they leave the knife tip in for now until they can get somewhere safer to remove it. She then thinks to call her mom and ask for her advice. She closes her eyes and connects with her magically.

Back at Oliver's apartment, Helena is sitting on a couch. Oliver is pacing in front of her. She asks him to stop and he says he can't because he's nervous. He decides they should go after them and Miguel tells him to give them time. Then, Helena sees Sammie in front of her. Sammie tells her mom the news that Jadis is dead. Her mom begins to cry with relief. Sammie tells her what's happening with the knife and asks what to do. Helena isn't sure. She asks Miguel. Miguel suggests she leaves it be for now and bring back the knife for him to study.

Sammie opens her eyes back at the woods. She tells them Helena and Miguel aren't sure what to do and leaving the shard be seems to be the safest best for the time being. Bjorn shouts out an order for all the reinforcements to search the nearby tents for any information on the knife that might help them. They don't find anything on the knife, but they do find letters dating back 400 years, weapons, knives, an old crossbow, and Jadis' journal talking about this entire process of hunting down Sammie. After searching the grounds, they head back to Oliver's apartment. Sammie is the first to open the door. She is immediately crushed in a hug by Elise. Everyone in the apartment starts to hug and celebrate that everyone made it back alive.

A few days later, Miguel asks Sammie if she can take him to the Fort. They are sorting through the rubble. Miguel's acquired some scuba gear so that Sammie can dive down to the workshop and other areas to find certain things for him. Sammie comes up from a dive and notices Miguel staring at the island, looking concerned. Sammie asks if he's alright. Miguel takes a deep breath and admits something is bothering him. Miguel asks if she remembers when she saw the purple haze over Thornvale and that it was necromantic magic. Miguel says he'd assumed it had to do with Jadis and then asks Sammie if she can check. Sammie puts on the goggles and notices there is still a purple haze surrounding Thornvale and a smaller one surrounding the Fort. Miguel says that means the energy must be coming from something else, something they've never dealt with before.

## List of Appearances

* Henry Marlowe
* Angelina Ripley
* Bjorn Olafson
* Sammie Overbrook
* Jadis

## Harm Healed

 Andrew/Bjorn
 Hannah/Sammie
 Andrew/Bjorn