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[Vanessa] Previously on Van Helsing...

[Scarlett] Come back!

I promised Axel I would protect you.

-[officer] Jolene Walker? -Yes?

[officer] You're under arrest.

I found her. I found Jennifer.

[Flesh] They transferred her to some place called the Loveland.

Loveland's a prison colony.

Unless you perform some heinous crime, you won't be seeing her any time soon.

-Where are all the prisoners? -They're on the bus heading to Loveland.

The bus is leaving right now.

[Doc] Jolene!

Meet me at that place we talked about.

Polly?

[Carter] That's my old name.

You're my brother.

Nothing will ever change that, right?

[water rushing]

[Scarlett exhaling] Today's the day. Today is the day.

Twenty-three days on this goddamn island.

I'm getting off, I can feel it.

What?

You know what, if you're gonna criticize me,

I really don't wanna hear it, all right?

You are not a positive person.

You know, the book and my brains,

you can will anything into being, you know that?

You could learn a little bit from me.

God, you're so judgmental. You know what?

I thought we could have a nicer goodbye than this.

I was really hoping for it.

We had really good times together, Wilson.

[laughs]

Psyche!

[grunts]

[laughs]

See you, Wilson, you sucker!

[Scarlett panting]

Shut your mouth!

[sighs]

There's gotta be a way off this goddamn island.

[sighs]

Yeah, I did that.

And I did that.

Man, I've done all of it.

Useless book!

[thuds]

You gotta be fucking kidding me.

["Wrong Number" playing]

♪ Saw you standing there ♪

♪ You were looking so nice ♪

♪ The cherry lipstick ♪

♪ Makes you look so fine ♪

-[vehicle approaching] -Axel?

Axel!

Hey! Axel!

Hey! Hey!

Axel!

-Hey! -[music stops]

You said, make it here

and you would wait as long as it took and you're driving off right now?

-Hey, no, no, no. Whoa, whoa. -No, that's not what you were doing?

No, never. I was road-testing it.

Hey.

[groans]

-You look good. -So do you.

-You doing all right? -Yeah, I'm good.

-No fresh holes in you? No? -No, not yet.

-You still got my dog tags. -Yeah, of course I do.

You wore them through two tours of duty and the apocalypse.

-You think I was gonna lose them? -Dude, I got these in a gumball machine.

-Shut up. -Come on.

What's going on with you?

-Hey. -You know that saying,

"You can never go home again"?

It just turned out to be true.

Okay.

I don't know what that means.

-Wanna get out of here? -Yeah, I do.

All right.

-Where's your sister? -[groans]

That's... [groans]

[engine starts]

[Flesh] Rumor is it's in a place called Loveland.

-Let me guess. No beach resort. -Nope.

-People go in, but no one comes out. -[guard] Hey!

You two! No talking.

A death sentence. That's what this is.

A one-way ticket to hell.

I shouldn't be here. I didn't do anything.

I just handed out leaflets about shots causing rage.

[guard] Shut your mouth!

[breathing heavily]

[grunts]

[Heaton] Don't.

They're gonna kill me. [breathes heavily]

I'm gonna get them first. All of them.

Excuse me? Help.

-I need to change seats. -[guard] What did I tell you?

-Whoa, whoa, whoa! -[shouts]

[Flesh] Put the gun down! Put the gun down!

[crashing]

[Flesh] Go, go, go, go!

[Axel] We're almost out of gas.

Might be able to scrounge some up here if we're lucky.

[metal creaks]

[Scarlett] I hope you brought a rabbit's foot.

This place looks like it's been running on empty for a long time.

You wanna walk to Renfield House?

[grunts]

You sure you wanna go back there?

We could always make a run for it.

Find a safe spot, make some little baby ninjas.

I've gotta be there for Vanessa whether she wants me to or not.

Fair enough.

I go where you go.

[Axel grunts] Okay, try again.

[engine cranks]

-[Scarlett] Told you. -Goddamn it.

The fuel's good, it's just gotta be the pump relay again.

Just hand me that tool box.

[tapping]

-Scarlett? -Yeah?

[tapping continues]

Do you hear that?

Uh, that's a little weird.

[tapping continues]

What is that?

Is it Morse code?

Sounds like SOS.

[snarls]

[snarling, growling]

Son of a bitch.

[all grunting]

-[gunfire] -[snarls]

[groans]

[groans]

-[grunts] -[groans]

-[grunts] -[groans]

[growls]

[groans]

Axel!

-[Axel groans] -[snarls]

-Hey! Hey! -[whimpering]

Hey, hey, it's me.

Axel, hey.

[Axel pants] I can't see.

I can't see. I can't see.

[Axel grunting]

[Axel] Shit!

[Axel sniffling]

[Axel] Such a stupid mistake.

[Scarlett] You couldn't have known.

[Axel] I should've seen there was something jammed in the barrel.

[Scarlett] Hey, don't worry, we're gonna get you some help.

Come on, just trust me.

-Follow me -[Axel grunts]

[Axel gasping]

[Axel] How're you gonna find help?

[Scarlett] Have a little faith, would ya?

I told you, I saw that guy. He's gotta be around here somewhere.

[Axel] What guy?

[Scarlett] The one, I told you. Oh, my God.

Hey!

Hey! A little help here!

Goodness, what have you done to your face?

[Axel] Oh, accident at the tanning salon.

[Axel grunting]

[man] Let's put him down on the cot over here.

-Just throw that stuff off. -[Scarlett] Okay.

[man] You're good. Coming forward. Turn around now. Here we go.

Okay, and sit.

-[Scarlett] Come on. -[man] Take off his jacket.

[Scarlett] Okay.

[Axel gasps, hisses]

[Scarlett] It was some old shotgun, blew up on him.

[man] Never did like those things, they are so dangerous.

Oh, come on.

I love guns. Only thing you can count on in this world.

[man chuckling] Yeah, well,

looking at you right now, I would beg to differ.

-Here, lift your head up. There we go. -[gasps]

[gasps]

Okay, there's a first-aid kit in the truck.

Grab that for me, please.

-What's your name, son? -It's... uh.

[Axel] Axel.

[man] Happy to make your acquaintance, Axel.

No, no, no.

-[man] Simon. -[Axel] Hey, Simon.

[Simon] You got yourself in quite a pickle, didn't you?

What did you say?

Just be still now. I need to take a closer look.

There's a saline solution in there, grab that for me.

Okay, now, you need to try to keep your eyes open.

-Okay. -I can rinse out the residue.

It's likely gonna hurt.

-Are you sure this is a good idea? -[Axel] Okay.

-Just trust me. Here we go. -[Axel groaning]

Son of a bitch!

-[Axel groaning] -That's right, good, good, good.

Here we go.

Okay.

[screaming]

Come on! You can do it! You can do it!

I can't do it! I need something better than this.

I need pliers or a saw.

We don't have anything else, just give it a-- Just try again.

Just try again.

[grunts]

Fuck!

You're stuck with me.

[Jolene sighs]

It's getting dark. What do you wanna do?

We hold up here. We lost them crossing that river.

Are you sure?

No, but pessimism wasn't working for me, so I thought I'd try the opposite.

[Flesh sighs]

[sighs]

[sighs]

Okay, it's my turn.

I don't think we're gonna be able to escape these guys.

This is gonna sound crazy, but I was the only person

on that bus that didn't want to escape.

It's, um...

[sighs]

It's my wife, Jennifer. I...

I think she's alive. I think she might be in that place.

You wanted to bust her out?

No, just...

talk to her, if she'd see me.

Tell her...

I don't know.

I can't go with you.

I know that, but you can't go back either.

I gotta try.

I gotta find Sarah.

Well...

I guess we're at an impasse.

You love her.

Yeah.

I do.

And her?

It's...

well, she's, um...

she's complicated.

It always is. There's no such thing as pure love.

That optimism didn't last long.

Jennifer and I, we, um...

We got pregnant after we'd been together for three weeks.

So fucking stupid, right?

Uh...

There we were, so, uh...

We got married, and sometimes you just fall into things.

But it all worked out, right?

Oh, yeah, it all worked out, right up until I murdered our kids.

It all worked out right until then.

I thought I could kill myself.

I thought I could clean the slate or balance the scales, but...

you have to deal with the consequences. But I have to face them. I...

I have to face her.

It's something I told Sarah once.

You want forgiveness, you gotta forgive yourself first.

You think you could do that?

[Simon] You should come eat your fish. It's getting cold.

Is he gonna be okay?

That's not up to us. They're pretty bad burns.

It's in His hands now.

Really?

Just all up to the big man in the sky?

[Simon laughs]

You don't believe.

Um...

My parents taught me a lot of things, but that was not one of them.

I mean, take a look around.

You know, this place is overrun by vampires.

Not exactly a solid argument for divinity.

Isn't it?

Scriptures of the world are filled with stories of--

-Oh, seriously? -Oh, sure.

Sins of man, the consequences of that.

Wouldn't be the first time God gave himself a do-over.

So what, this is just all punishment?

For not being faithful?

"Do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord,

for the Lord disciplines the ones that he loves."

[exhales]

Mm.

Pretty good. Yeah.

Yeah.

-Teach a man to fish, right? -Oh, amongst other things.

What were you doing out there?

I mean, you just walked right by us

when we were fighting all those daywalkers,

like you didn't have a care in the world.

I don't.

You don't even have weapons around here.

-[scoffs] I'm a pacifist. -What? [laughs]

-What? -Come on, how are you even alive?

Faith?

Why is that so hard to grasp?

Because I've seen people ripped apart.

I've seen those things feeding on my friends and turning them

-and it didn't matter... -Yeah.

...what they believed or not.

No higher power saved them.

So either you're delusional or...

I don't even know what.

I used to be a lot like you.

Angry, afraid, and trying to protect myself

from everything and everyone.

It's called survival.

Mm.

Let me tell you a little about survival.

Years before the Rising, I lived different.

I was a long-haul trucker,

on the road, sometimes 14 hours straight, ten days in a row.

Drugs were the only thing that kept me going.

I paid the price.

Wife left, took my kids, nothing left I cared about.

Considered ending it all right there.

Why didn't you?

Well... [clears throat]

I was on a stretch of blacktop outside of Fort Worth.

Clearest day you could imagine.

Out of nowhere, a twister just dropped right down

in the field next to me, bam.

I knew I couldn't stay in my rig.

There was no buildings around, no place to hide, just...

except a lone phone booth set out in an empty parking lot.

So I ran.

Crawled in there on my hands and knees and...

right then, with the wind ripping all around and...

the sky going dark as coal, it happened.

I closed my eyes and I prayed.

Please just give me one more chance to be better.

To live right. To...

make amends.

Please, God, just let me have that.

And then everything went quiet.

The storm disappeared like it never even happened.

I crawled out of there.

My whole truck was gone, everything was just wiped clean.

And then I knew.

There's nothing really divine about that story.

-[chuckles] -It's just luck, plain and simple,

and you can't even really will that into being.

You know? You just can't.

Well, then you just keep right on hoping for Axel to get better and...

I'm gonna pray on it a little while if it's all the same to you.

Yeah.

I'd say you're a sight for sore eyes, but...

[chuckles] Shut up, Marine.

Hey, just focus on getting better.

Hey, I think he's got a fever.

-Well, hopefully. -What does that mean?

Well, I'm worried he's got an infection.

Okay, but you can treat that, right?

Not without antibiotics, no.

[stammers] I don't think you understand. I need him to get better.

-It's not up to me. -Okay, can you stop with that shit?

This is not a spiritual thing right now. He needs medicine.

[sighs]

[sighs]

Well, there might be a place we might be able to find it.

-But it's-- -[stutters] I don't care.

-We just gotta go there. -Well, you should stay here with him.

And risk you not coming back?

-No way. -I don't need your protection.

I'm not asking you.

The faster we do this, the better chance he has.

So let's go. Please.

Come on. [stammers] What do I gotta do?

Do I need to say that I believe that you're God's chosen one

before you get on board?

[stammers] You think I use my faith as a weapon?

I have no idea.

It's the greatest shield you can possibly imagine.

[stammers] I don't understand what that means, but I--

I have to go, now. Please.

-We have to help him. -Okay. I...

There's no charge on the truck, it's about an hour's walk from here.

He won't need it, but if it makes you feel better,

I'll leave him his gun.

No, he's coming with us.

Well, if we take him, he's gonna slow us down.

I don't care.

Boy, oh, boy.

A firecracker, that one.

Daddy!

[man over radio] Hunter four, this is base. Sitrep.

[guard speaking indistinctly]

[guard] ...one last building here to check.

[man on radio] Copy. Report to waypoint tango if zero contact.

But orders remain, shoot to kill if eyes on targets.

[guard] Roger that, out.

[door opens]

[Jolene] Oh, fuck! Fuck!

Easy!

[grunts]

[panting]

Did we...?

I'm not killing him unless we have to, all right?

[man on radio] Hunter four, this is base. Sitrep.

-They're coming for us. -Yeah.

They're coming for us no matter what we do.

The gun. Where's the gun?

-Put your hand on the door frame. -What?

Just do it!

Come on! Do it!

Put your hand on the door frame.

Now look away.

Close your eyes.

[grunts]

We gotta get out of here!

Come on. Go. Go, go, go!

[groans]

This way. This way.

Okay.

[Scarlett panting]

-[Simon] Here we go. -This is great.

Yeah.

There's gotta be antibiotics in there.

-I'll check it out. -Hurry up.

[low snarling]

[grunts]

"Ask and you shall receive."

That's good.

Yeah, that's good.

Let's get out of here.

One, two, three.

What'd I miss?

Your fever is down, so that's good.

Let's see what we got.

[Axel groans]

-[Axel grunts] -[groans] Sorry.

-[groans] -[Axel grunting]

-[Axel grunting] -[Scarlett groaning]

Can you open your eyes?

I can see the light, that's it.

Okay, well, what did you expect? You're not gonna get better all at once.

It's gonna take some time.

[groans] It's all right.

Okay, I'm just gonna change the dressing and we'll see what tomorrow brings.

Okay, I'm going on.

-Okay, lift your head up. -[groans]

You think she's there already, at Renfield House? Vanessa?

I mean, maybe. She could be. It's okay.

What's she even doing there?

I'm assuming something with the fourth Elder.

You think she's gonna do the right thing, destroy those totems?

No, I don't.

If she goes dark like that Elder that you found on the island,

are you prepared to do what you gotta do?

Hey, we should go.

Before it gets dark.

What's that?

[distant snarling]

[snarling continues]

[Scarlett] Oh, God.

-This is bad. -What?

This is bad. It's a bunch of daywalkers and they're walking right at us.

-Well, just-- We gotta get-- -Axel, lie down.

You can't fight them.

-Yes, I can. I can try. -You'll die.

You know what? At least I can create a diversion.

If you're going out, I'm going out with you.

There's no way I'm hanging out in this shithole by myself.

Nobody's gonna die.

Sit still and quiet. I promise we'll be safe.

This is not a solution.

Okay, they're coming, they're coming.

[footsteps approaching]

-[snarling] -[growling]

[softly] Don't move.

[whispers] Stay still.

They're gone.

God's will.

As soon as he's able to walk again, we're gonna take off.

We'll just take the antibiotics with us.

What?

The antibiotics are not working.

His fever is back and it's worse.

Okay, well, then we'll keep at it.

I-I think there's something you need to accept here.

Axel may not be coming back at all.

You said he's getting better.

You said that anything is possible. I mean, what's all this talk about prayer?

[stammers] Prayer is good, but He's not a genie that grants wishes.

No, apparently not.

Apparently, he's just a cruel son of a bitch

that just strikes people down when they don't deserve it.

Look, even if we don't understand Him, God has His reasons.

Ugh, stop.

-Scarlett. -Enough.

Listen to me. I gotta tell you some stuff.

-Look, we got a lot of time, okay? -Yeah. Yeah.

-Just rest. -Just let me talk.

I didn't wanna tell you, but I don't really know why, but...

I found my sister.

What?

She'd been there the whole time, just...

I lost my sister, but you still got time to save yours.

And we will.

As soon as you're feeling better, we'll go.

We both know that's not where I'm headed.

Don't say that.

Okay, I'm gonna try to hang on.

I promise you I will, but...

you gotta go to her.

-Now. -No.

And if I'm not here when you get back, you listen to me.

No.

I love you, Scarlett.

Always will.

[sniffles]

[daywalker growling]

You piece of shit.

[snarls]

Yeah, take a good look, it's gonna be your last.

-What in heaven's-- -Move out of the way!

-I don't-- -Sit down!

Get down! Listen here. I don't know if you can understand me,

if this virus makes you smart enough or not,

but you are going to bite him.

What-what're you doing?

I don't believe in miracles and I'm out of options.

Bite him!

[sniffs]

[snarls]

I said bite him!

[squelching flesh]

-All right. -Stop!

-It did what you asked, let it go. -What? No. Move out of my way!

I'm gonna kill him. That's what I do, okay?

He does not deserve to live.

And what will that change? Will it do anything at all for Axel?

Let it go.

Get out of here!

Go!

Run!

Oh, come on, Axel.

Oh, come on.

Hey. Axel.

Axel.

Hey. Hey.

Hey. Hey.

[sighs]

Hey. [chuckles]

-Hey. -Hey.

It's all right.

[chuckles]

-Peek-a-boo. -[Scarlett laughs]

[Jolene] Now what?

[Flesh] Hey, hey, hey, hey. This is the road where the bus crashed.

That means...

Denver's that way, so the prison must be this way.

[Jolene] So this is it?

-You gotta do what you gotta do. -You're a good man, Phil. Believe that.

Drop your weapon! Now!

Put it on the ground, hands on your head.

Put it on the ground.

Control, I got 'em. Both of 'em.

-Please, don't do this. -Shut up! Don't move.

Want me to cuff them or just wait for back-up?

[man on radio] The orders were shoot to kill the fugitives.

-Listen. -Carry out your orders.

I'm surrendering, all right? Now take me into custody.

All right?

You don't have to do this. [stutters] Let her go.

I can't do that.

You don't wanna kill me.

You don't have to.

[man on radio] Hunter five, what's your status?

The others on the bus, they're all dead because of you.

-No. -No, no, no.

That had nothing to do with us.

-Take me in and I'll explain everything. -No.

No. If I don't follow orders, I get sent to Loveland as well.

They know you're alive.

I don't have a choice.

No, no, no! Don't! Don't!

-[groans] -[both groan]

[man on radio] Hunter five, report, God damn it!

Two tangos down, I killed them.

Both of them.

-Did you...? -Yeah.

Are you okay?

I'm fine.

The keys.

Keys. Keys. Keys.

-You took a bullet for me. -Yeah, three, actually.

Got 'em.

You can't go back to Denver now. Are you coming?

I help you find your wife, you help me get back to Sarah, deal?

If we live that long.

[engine starts]

[man on radio] What's your 20?

So I guess this is goodbye.

[Simon] Oh, why don't we call it "happy trails" instead?

We don't know what the future holds.

Our paths might cross again someday, if it's God's will.

I'll give you this.

You're one of the luckiest guys I've ever run into.

Well, I told you luck isn't real, but faith.

-Okay, I wasn't gonna say anything. -Mm-hm.

Remember the ambulance?

-Sure. -Okay.

You would have been killed by that feral if it wasn't for me.

So where was divine intervention then?

Oh, I'm looking right at it.

He brought you to me, didn't He?

[scoffs]

Your friend needs something for his eyes.

Look after yourself.

Peace be with you wherever your journey takes you.

Axel?

[Axel mumbles]

-Well, he was different. -He saved your life.

Are you kidding me?

I was on my way out if it hadn't been for you.

That is kind of true.

You gotta admit, though, some crazy shit happened.

Hold up. Are you buying this whole prophet-in-the-wilderness thing?

[chuckles] No, but how do you explain the daywalkers passing us?

-A miracle. -[laughs]

Seriously, I'm glad you brought me back,

but you really want me to believe it's 'cause God intervened?

No, but I'm just...

We don't have all the answers, that's all. I don't.

Mm-hmm.

Looks like I'm not the only one who got a little blinded back there.

[laughing]

[theme music playing]