Continued from Page 2 of Episode 4.01: A New Hope
To ensure the show hits the maximum amount of gloom and doom in the episode (and the opening credits have yet to even roll), Leena brings up the Ytterbium Chamber with Artie, reminding him why he came to the B&B in the first place. The Ytterbium Chamber held Pandora's Box. Per the legend, at the bottom of Pandora's Box was hope (though, technically, in the story, hope
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was released into the world as well; it just came out of the box last), so when Pandora's Box was destroyed, hope went along with it. By "hope," we mean all hope in the world - poof - gone - bye bye. Just great.
To confirm this, Artie turns on the television and we find out the following has occurred since Sykes' bomb artifact went off:
The team finally decides to try and do something to undo the catastrophic |
Please let Tumblr and the internet still be working
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consequences of the bomb going off. They take a closer look at Lavoisier's watch and using Myka's expansive knowledge of Portuguese, Latin, and watchmaking, the team gets a lead to Richerenches, France where The Brotherhood of the Knights of the Black Diamond, an underground sect of the Knights Templar, exists. They have less than 24 hours to locate an artifact that will allow them to reverse the current timeline, so they race off to La France.
The Astrolabia
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A lot of stuff happens, but to give a quick summary of the highlights:
When they reach Rome, they find the building where a secret tunnel into the |
Vatican exists, but the storeowners won't allow them access. Myka, with her girlfriend's life on the line, decides it's time to, again, save the freaking day. She tells Pete and Artie to get ready to find the tunnel as she walks over in front of the store. She proceeds to grab a chair and smash it through the shop's window, to the horror of the owners. She then adorably waves at them,
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yelling, "Arrivederci!" while she runs off, hoping to get them to follow her. They do and so does a team of Italian police in riot gear.
It's now officially Myka Bering pwn time, and she just starts kicking Italian ass, left and right (mi dispiace), until eventually she is subdued by the horde of law enforcement swarming around her. Pete and Artie just kind of stand there in awe, but Myka yells at them, "Go!" until they finally remember the point of why they are there. As Myka is being shoved into the police car, she sees Pete and Artie shuffling off into the store. She gives a victorious smile before being taken into custody. What a grade A badass. If you are not at least moderately aroused by the little exhibition Myka just put on there, you may want to consult a doctor, as you're likely dead. |
Screw the Warehouse! Get my girlfriend back!
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With Myka and H.G. both out of the picture, it's time for another highlight summary:
Um, Brother Adrian, kindly shut the f*** up. If we don't use the astrolabia at this point: 1) Pete's dead; 2) Claudia's trapped in a stone grave; 3) H.G.'s dead; 4) Mrs. F's dead; 5) Steve's dead; and 6) oh yeah, the world is ending! Hey asshat, it cannot be worse than this!
Artie, fortunately, realizes that bitches be crazy, and goes ahead and uses the astrolabia, triggering a Doctor Who-esque sequence.
- Pete and Artie find the alidade, but in the process of trying to attain it, Pete is killed (no!)
- Before Artie uses the astrolabia, Brother Adrian warns Artie not to use it or he will create "an evil of [his] own making, an evil that will live with [him] the rest of [his] days"
Um, Brother Adrian, kindly shut the f*** up. If we don't use the astrolabia at this point: 1) Pete's dead; 2) Claudia's trapped in a stone grave; 3) H.G.'s dead; 4) Mrs. F's dead; 5) Steve's dead; and 6) oh yeah, the world is ending! Hey asshat, it cannot be worse than this!
Artie, fortunately, realizes that bitches be crazy, and goes ahead and uses the astrolabia, triggering a Doctor Who-esque sequence.
By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!