[vault clanking]
[ominous music]
♪
[bones cracking]
- [screaming demonically]
[ethereal resonance]
- Now I can begin.
- Follow.
♪ Wicked, Wicked
♪ Are we wicked?
♪ Wicked, Wicked
♪ Are we-- are we witches?
- [breathes deeply]
[sighs]
Orisha Oya, thank you for protecting Darletra,
myself, and my friends.
I ask that you continue to protect us from the dangers
of this fear fever.
- Is that for Ange?
- Uh, yes.
And...
this one...
is for you.
I was going to bring it to you.
Look, I am so glad that you stayed here last night.
- Me, too.
But I don't deserve this.
Just take care of Angela.
- Of course you do.
Look, Darletra, you've been through a lot.
- I can't believe what I did to Angela last night.
It seems so unreal.
How?
How could I hurt the one person that I've ever loved?
Jordan, how can she forgive me for this?
How can I forgive myself?
- Look, it was not your fault. You were sick.
Look, I can only imagine what he was saying to you.
And you were not in control of yourself.
- Jordan, you don't understand.
Okay? I couldn't sleep.
I keep-- I keep hearing everything he was saying.
I keep seeing my hands choking her.
- It's--look, it's okay.
- What if I would have killed her?
What if Mona wouldn't have been there to stop me?
- But she did.
And I'm okay.
- Ange, what are you doing out of bed?
- We don't have time for me to lay around.
We have to stop this creature.
[clears throat]
All right. All right.
I promise.
[sighs] It's okay.
- All right. You two eat.
I'm gonna do a little bit more research.
There have got to be some more information
about this Cromovoc.
- [clears throat]
Do you realize that last night was the first time we said
"I love you" to each other?
- Yeah.
I do.
I've never felt like this about anyone, Angela.
I was so afraid that after last night--
- Last night was an accident.
I know that you would never do anything to hurt me.
[soft music]
- Does it hurt?
- I'm a little sore.
But it's nothing I can't handle.
- Angela, I'm so sorry.
- It's okay.
Come here.
[door opening]
[door shutting]
- Hey, try to relax.
[buzzing]
[gasping] - Ooh.
You okay?
- Yeah.
I just need to sit for a minute.
- Gosh.
- [panting]
- You're doing great.
- Hey, how many more we got out there?
- About five more. The line's almost gone.
- All right, good.
Molly can't take much more.
She's been at it all night.
- I can finish.
- You sure?
- I can finish.
Send the next person in.
- A deadly virus known as fear fever
is rapidly spreading throughout Atlanta,
causing panic and concern.
Health officials have been unable to gain
control over this constantly evolving situation.
This deadly virus has claimed tens of thousands of lives
on the East Coast, with new cases being reported
in the Midwest and West Coast.
The Atlanta hospitals are overwhelmed with patients.
Authorities are urging individuals
to stay indoors and take precautions
to prevent exposure.
- [sighs] Damn.
West Coast?
[tense music]
- This is a nightmare.
- [sighs] Okay, what if we, um--
[notifications chiming]
- We now know why Anthony took the relic.
- Why?
- The relic is what the council was using to seal
and draw on Amaya's powers.
- And Anthony wants to do it again.
- Don't we want them to seal Amaya away?
- Yes, but we don't want the council to have
the powers that come with it.
- Why won't they just kill that thing?
- Yeah, like, what if it gets out again?
I'm with Darletra.
We need to kill that motherfucker.
- Hey, look, we need more information on Cromovoc.
I searched all of Tabitha's books and the internet,
and I can't find anything.
- OK, but will the relic help stop
the fear fever from spreading?
- We don't know.
We don't know anything about the relic.
- Except that it was stored with the weapons.
- And we don't know anything about Amaya,
this Cromovoc either.
- But what we do know is Amaya is interdimensional.
- The fuck that mean?
- Well, it means that she came through some kind
of barrier or passage between our world and another.
- Did you learn this from the council or?
- No.
- So, how did you get this information then?
- Sis, it's time that you tell them the truth.
They need her help.
- [sighs]
[ominous music]
[zapping]
- It's you.
- Yes, Angela.
It is me, Oya.
Claudette has been my vessel
ever since I left your body.
- Did you-- did you hear any of my prayers?
Did Claudette hear my prayers?
Is that how she knew I remembered everything
that happened with Julius?
- Yes.
I heard every one of your prayers.
- That's why I felt such a connection.
You've been here this whole time?
But why didn't you say anything?
Why didn't Claudette?
- The secrecy was necessary to keep everyone safe.
And you, my dear, you needed time to grow through the pain.
It was never meant to deceive or hurt anyone.
- Hold on, hold on, hold on.
Now I'm confused. Why are you still here?
Are you her right now, or is she you?
Like, who is-- who is who right now?
- Until now, you have all spoke with Claudette.
But we are both present always.
To answer your question, Sherise.
I stayed because I saw an opportunity through Claudette
to reset the balance.
The corruption of greed,
capitalism, hate,
and oppression has steered humanity
astray for centuries now.
It is time for a new order.
- So wait.
So if you were there, you could have saved Darius.
Why didn't you save Darius?
- Claudette tried, but I stopped her.
As I said, there is a balance,
a natural order.
Resurrecting him would have disrupted that balance.
- How can we trust you?
You or Claudette?
- We never lied to you.
Claudette and I have been training you in your magic,
honing your magic.
After seeing you all come together against Julius,
I knew you all had the potential to be
the great leaders you are.
And we need it.
I promise, I am here to help.
Once balance is restored,
I will leave.
- Now that everything is out in the open,
we have to focus on this creature,
because if Anthony gets his hands on her,
we will all be in danger.
[zapping]
- Are you OK?
- Hey, everyone, this is Dominic.
He's an elder on the new council,
and he's here to help us.
- Hello, everyone.
- Dominic, did you find anything new
about the Cromovoc?
- I haven't, but I believe the previous elders may have
had some information about it.
There was a book stored with the relic.
And it's been missing since our ascension.
I'm more than confident Anthony stole it.
- Are there any other council books that we could research?
- I've already looked.
At this point, only the original protectors of the seal
would have known the full story.
And they died 1,200 years ago.
[sighing]
- Lucky for us, that's my specialty.
We should all move to the backyard.
[thunderclap]
- I am Tau.
Why have I been called here?
- We need your help.
Do you know anything about the creature called the Cromovoc?
- Our greatest fear has come to pass.
The creature is free, isn't it?
- Yes.
What can you tell us of her?
- 1,200 years ago, a group of witches in Swana--
today you know it as Botswana--
sought after the power so they could destroy villages
in a land they shared.
The ritual failed, and instead, they unintentionally
opened a portal between the human world
and the hell dimension.
One of the Cromovoc creatures escaped
before they could close it.
It arrived in a nearby village,
taking on the appearance of a young girl.
Soon, the plague swept through the village.
- Hallucinations and black veins.
- Yes.
The village was decimated in a week.
We lured it to a village, trapped it
within a magical barrier, then sealed
it away in a magical prison.
- [screaming demonically]
- It took nine of us to seal it away,
always nine to keep it sealed.
- How?
- We used an ancient relic that had been passed down.
Before my time, our people could
travel between dimensions.
That relic was the key to opening the gateways.
It was a metallic box with moving pieces and symbols.
- So if we have that relic, then we can seal her away.
- Yes, but you must be careful.
The combination must be done correctly.
Or you could open the same gateway to her world.
The secrets of the relic were kept in a book.
- The elder book.
- Hmm.
- So why didn't y'all kill her?
- It was impossible.
Our only choices were to send her back or to seal her away.
- Why not send her back to her world
and rid yourself of this evil?
- Well, some of the warriors in our group
wanted to help and serve people.
I am ashamed to say not all was so noble.
The others saw the creature has an opportunity
to use her power.
They refused to send her back, and we sealed her, becoming
the protectors of the seal.
Eventually, the protectors became the concept.
The secrets of what was sealed were forgotten.
- And the story became that they
were keeping an evil at bay.
- Yes.
- Well, what about the plague?
The fear fever?
- The only means we had to stop the plague
was to eliminate those infected.
We used our power to unleash a great explosion in the area.
[explosion]
[screaming]
There were none left alive.
- How could you just kill all those people like that?
- If we had not, you wouldn't be standing
here to scold me about it.
Everyone would be dead.
And this world would be their paradise.
- Their?
- In my time, the creature would release the plague
to gain the strength to open the doorway to its world
and bring the Cromovoc here.
Hell releasing the plague again is for one reason only--
to open that portal and release the Cromovoc.
They will devour this world in fear and death.
- Thank you, Tau.
[sighs] This is the corruption that Oya felt
even before Julius raised her.
The council has been drawing on an evil,
and that corruption spread to the world.
- We have to get that relic back from Anthony.
- Let me handle that.
I want you five to work together and figure
out how to trap Amaya.
- Sis, you can't go up against him by yourself.
- I'm not alone.
I have Oya.
- So what about you two?
- We're gonna go talk to the rest of the council.
- Mm, I need to lie down.
I'm depleted from zapping the fever.
- You guys, go get some rest, and we will strategize.
- Stop.
Stop.
- Hey.
Hey.
You're still angry.
[soft music]
- I'm hurt.
You lied to me.
You kept your plans secret and let me believe you were dead.
- I-- I know it must have been hard, thinking I was--
I was dead.
- It was devastating.
It was devastating, Dominic.
How did you feel, hmm?
How did you feel when I disappeared for those three
months in Claudette's nightmare realm,
and you thought I was dead?
How did you feel?
- Agony.
It was agony.
I thought for sure the council had punished you for something.
Caden.
I'm sorry.
I never meant to hurt you.
Claudette was adamant that we not tell you--
- Of course she was!
I hid her daughter.
I let her believe she was dead.
Don't you see the parallel?
I wouldn't be surprised if she was
trying to stick it to me for the pain that I caused her.
But I expect that from her, not from you.
Not with us.
We've been friends for six years.
And we've got closer for the last year.
I've spent my life in secrets
and lies from the council.
And I can't have that with you.
- You're right.
You're right.
No more secrets between us.
- No more secrets.
[chuckling]
No more secrets.
[knocking]
- Hey.
Look, I know this isn't a good time,
but I felt like we haven't had a moment to be alone.
- Well, so am I, Shawty.
- Look, um, I've been upset with you after the whole
Javi situation.
And with Darius and everything that has happened, I just--
- Jordan, I completely understand why you're upset,
but all I was trying to do was help the people.
It wasn't my intention to deliberately hurt you.
- I know.
Look, he just-- he shattered my ability to trust people.
And honestly, I never got back to fully
trusting you after Tabitha died the first time.
And look, it doesn't mean that I feel like you
will betray us or anything.
It's just, Sherise, I don't really--
- Trust my judgment?
- No.
- [sighs] That's fair.
I don't understand.
You warned me about Anthony, and I
thought that I could play him and find out what he was doing.
And I was wrong.
But you want to know what I wasn't wrong about?
Javi.
Jordan, Javi saved a lot of lives at OD.
He's really a good guy.
You should give him a chance.
- I don't know.
You know, with everything that he did,
I don't know if I could ever go back.
- Javi genuinely loves you.
And I know you still love him, too.
Look here, Shawty, if you got it,
don't be so quick to give it away.
Trust me on that.
- Thanks.
- I got you.
[uplifting music]
♪
[car approaching]
- Why have you called us here, Caden?
And on what authority?
- Mine.
- We thought you were dead.
- Not yet.
But that's a story for another time.
Caden and I have uncovered more about this creature spreading
the fear fever, this Cromovoc.
- Do you know how to stop it?
- Yes.
We'll need the relic from the Ascension
and the elder book that was with it
and has since gone missing.
I believe Anthony has stolen it.
The one in the case is a fake.
- And with them, we can steal her back in.
If we don't, the creature will open
a portal to a hell dimension.
And her kind will ravage the Earth.
- We'll do whatever it takes to help.
- With everything that has happened over the past week,
I'm starting to agree with Claudette.
Maybe we shouldn't have a council.
- I've had my concerns, too.
But right now, this isn't about the council.
We need the strength in arms to stop the creature.
And the council members are in.
- [sighing] OK.
Let's go talk to Hannah next.
- Rachel said, what Amaya is looking for is in Atlanta.
So there must be a portal here.
- Yeah, but how is that possible?
Didn't this thing come from Botswana?
- Hotspots.
Something I learned from spending my life
in the facility that you have to enter through a portal,
the best place to open one is a location
where the barriers between our dimensions are thinnest.
- Hey, well, there must be one in the city.
OK, um, give me your hand.
- Why me?
- Well, you've had the fear fever,
and you're the best connection in it that we have.
- [sighs] All right.
- OK.
[suspenseful music]
[mysterious music]
♪
- This must be it.
- I'm gonna head there right now.
- Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Slow down.
We are not ready.
Plus, Caden told us to stay here.
- I'm just gonna go and check it out
and at least see what we're up against.
- Actually, you don't have to.
I have an idea.
Let's wake up Mona and Sherise.
- Hmm.
I see Anthony is keeping you two busy.
- Claudette.
Mr. Dufort has been expecting you.
- Oh?
Really?
[tense music]
- We do not want them getting in our way.
- I agree.
- You agree?
- [non-English chanting]
[whooshing]
Nighty night, boys.
[ethereal resonance]
Oh.
I see you started without me.
I thought we were doing this together.
- I always knew you weren't on my side.
Isabella told me she received a visit
today, a visit from somebody you supposedly killed.
- Ah, let me guess.
You actually think he's doing this for the greater good.
- We must seal the creature to stop the fever.
- I agree.
You're doing the right thing, but with the wrong person.
The only reason he wants to seal Amaya
is so that he can draw on her powers like the leech he is.
He will use her like he's using you.
Why can't you see that?
- I know who he is.
But there is a greater need.
Millions of lives are at stake if we don't stop her.
[dramatic musical sting]
- Oh, look.
A witch is trapped.
- Do you really think you can hold me?
- Of course I can.
I always knew you'd come.
This spell was made especially for you.
You will not ruin my plans.
- Oh, you poor fool.
I am much more than a witch.
[dramatic music]
- The locator spell said that the portal is here.
- Yeah, and we looked it up online.
It's just an old warehouse.
- Oh, how exciting.
- Look, I think we could take a look
at what's there without putting ourselves in danger.
- How?
- Well, they've been training to tap into each other's magic.
I can't send visions out to you, but if you guys try on me,
maybe you can see what I see.
- OK, but I haven't been training with you guys,
so, like, I don't know how.
- We can show you.
- OK, you guys, let's just move the table, OK?
[suspenseful music]
♪
- OK, I-- I don't know about this, guys.
Maybe you should do it without me.
I'm still tired, and, well, you remember
what happened last time.
- It's not the same, Mona.
We've been training.
Plus, we won't be taking from you.
You'll be drawing from Jordan.
[suspenseful music]
♪
All right, everyone.
Let's focus our minds.
Focus your intentions.
Draw on to Jordan's energy.
Draw to yourselves.
[electricity crackling]
- Are you guys with me?
- Yeah.
Yeah, we see what you see.
- OK.
[sighs] OK.
[gasping]
- Shawty, you good?
- [panting]
Yeah.
[voices whispering faintly]
- What's wrong with them?
- I don't know.
They don't appear to be infected.
[gasping] Oh, god.
Do you guys feel that?
- Yeah, we can feel it.
- There is some strong,
serious, dangerous energy here.
OK.
Right here.
This is it.
[panting] The portal will be right there.
I can feel it.
- What was with those people?
- I don't know.
But that shit looked weird as fuck.
We gotta let Caden and Claudette know.
- Yeah.
[exhales]
- [growling]
- If you're more than a witch, what are you?
- That is not important.
You are both fools if you think you can do this alone.
It took nine people to seal her over 1,000 years ago.
And she is even stronger now.
- [growling]
- I know what I'm doing.
I'm the only one who knows how to control the creature
and get her to us.
- What if she's right?
- I thought you wanted order.
We're doing this for the greater good.
Don't let her get in your head.
I have the elder book.
I have the relic.
And the dark moon has just begun.
- This must stop!
[roaring]
[growling]
- [grunts]
- This will not work.
- Shut up.
The barrier could hold her.
- The barrier couldn't hold me.
It would not hold her.
- [growling, straining]
- [gasping] I cannot hold her.
- [chuckling]
- [gasps]
- [growling]
- You can see how strong she is.
We cannot send her alone.
- [grunting, panting]
- [gasps] Ah!
[gasping]
Anthony! Help me!
- [non-English chanting]
- [gasping]
Oh!
I can't breathe.
- [snarling]
- Ah!
[screaming]
[footsteps running]
[demonic screaming]
- [panting]
[eerie music]
♪