USA Soldiers Unknowingly Open a Russian Bunker

 

In 2017, the US Air Force dropped its most  powerful non-nuclear bomb in a remote Afghan   province. Officially it was said they attacked a  key insurgent stronghold in the area, but there   were rumors of something else happening prior  to the bombing. This is the real story. Pilots   Kate and Johnson from the Royal Air Force are  flying over Afghanistan on their way home when   they're suddenly attacked by an insurgent  group and their planes get hit. Both pilots   eject their seats and when they hit the ground,  Kate dreams of her mother and son while holding   tightly her locket with a picture of them.  Seconds later, Kate is woken up by Johnson,   who asks her to play dead while he turns to fire  at the insurgents. Unfortunately he's quickly   killed, so when a man comes closer to check on  Kate, she takes out her own gun, kills the guy,   and uses him as a shield to kill the others.

Then  she says goodbye to Johnson before gathering as   many weapons as possible and searching for a  place to hide. She also tries to contact her   base through the radio, to no avail. One of the  insurgents is actually alive and calls for backup,   so soon Kate sees trucks coming after her and  decides to enter a bunker area with a sign in   Russian that she can't read. The doors have chains  on them and before Kate can attempt to open them,   the insurgents arrive and open fire, thus she  must hide to shoot back. After a few bullets are   exchanged, one of the insurgents throws a missile  that hits the doors and opens them, giving Kate   the chance to sneak inside.

The insurgents are  coming after her but the elevator isn't working,   thus Kate must carefully go down a set of stairs  to reach an area deep underground. Here she finds   more signs in Russian and a bunch of beds, but  also a row of gas masks and the body of what   appears to be a scientist. On a desk, there are  weird notes in Russian and a pendrive that Kate   decides to take with her. The insurgents also come  down and find everyday things like a mess hall,   which indicates that the people that used to be  here left in a hurry. Deeper into the bunker, they   also find a body on a bed. Eventually they find  Kate, who runs to hide while the insurgents turn   on the lights, revealing a series of pods with  humanoid shapes inside them. Kate takes advantage   of their distraction to knock a man out and open  fire with his weapon. As the insurgents fire back,   one of the pods breaks and releases one of those  humanoids onto the ground.

 Then Kate notices the   drains and escapes through there, prompting all  the insurgents to follow her except for one that   stays to check on the weird creature. This weird  monster isn't as unconscious as it seems and when   the guy turns around, the creature kills him.  Another insurgent finds Kate and makes her stop   while his friend goes back to find the missing  man, only to find the creature feeding on the   poor guy. Kate gets rid of her enemy by throwing a  flare at him, then she begins climbing the stairs   as she shoots anyone that tries to get in the  way. One of the men grabs her ankle and Kate can't   shake him off, but suddenly the monster shows  up and kills the guy, allowing a terrified Kate   to run away. As soon as she reaches the doors, the  monster catches up and hurts her abdomen, but Kate   slips away just in time to push the monster back  with a few bullets and close the door with the   chains.

 Outside the bunker, there's an insurgent  named Kabir waiting for his team, but as soon as   he hears the monster, he runs away. Kate begins  walking through the desert, only stopping to apply   some medicine for the pain. When she reaches  the road, she's hit by an American army truck,   which happens to be looking for the missing pilots  after seeing the crash site. Corporal Jade checks   Kate to be sure she's telling the truth about her  identity and steals her locket, then Sargeant Hook   promises they'll take care of her. The group  makes it back to the base in the morning, and   Kate meets with Major Finch, the man in charge. He  doesn't believe Kate's story even if Hook vouches   for her but he does take the pendrive. After  Kate leaves the tent, Finch calls his superiors   to report unusual activity in the area, he also  keeps hesitating on opening a letter. While the   other soldiers bring Kabir in for interrogation,  Kate approaches Jade to get her locket back. Jade   denies having it and triggers a fight that doesn't  stop until Hook orders Jade to return the locket. 

  Then, Hook explains this team is made of outcasts:  Jade is a kleptomaniac, doctor Wilks used to be   an addict, and Finch lost a better position  because he took the heat for a mistake that   Hook made. Next, Kate goes to see Wilks to get  her wound checked, and Wilks admits it doesn't   look like a bullet did it. Kabir's in that tent  as well but when Kate asks him to back her story,   he doesn't answer, apparently he can't understand  her. The other soldiers wonder how there could   be a bunker out there that doesn't appear on  satellite images, so Kate explains it's very   hidden and proceeds to use her photographic memory  to write the signs she saw in Russian. Suddenly,   Kabir reveals he does speak English and Russian  too, and explains the sign says "don't enter".

   He also finally confirms Kate's story. The other  soldiers are confused because if the bunker is   Soviet, then it must be around thirty years  old, and nobody can survive down there without   new supplies for that long. Those pods must keep  the creatures in some kind of stasis. Back in the   bunker, another creature breaks its pod and begins  to open the door. When night falls, Everett joins   Jade for the night watch while the other soldiers  learn they'll be out for three-hour shifts because   they're expecting trouble. Finch finally opens  his letter and learns his superiors are asking   him to step down. Furious, he makes a phone call  and learns the higher-ups want the content of   the pendrive, but he won't send it unless he gets  an explanation, and hearing the truth leaves him   in shock. Meanwhile, Kate and Wilks interrogate  Kabir, who explains he didn't shoot anyone.

 He's   just a driver that was working for the insurgents  to protect his family. Hook checks on his men and   sends a private to relieve Everett. However as  soon as he turns around, Everett hears a noise   and finds the soldier gone, only having left some  blood behind. Jones and Bromhead also hear a noise   and as soon as they check, they notice a bunch of  monsters has entered their base. The entire team   immediately gets in position and opens fire while  Kate wonders if the monsters somehow managed to   track her. Hook informs Filch of the situation  and Filch tries to make a call for backup,   but the radio tower is destroyed by the monsters.  The beasts are very powerful and bullets don't   hurt them, so soon soldiers begin getting hurt or  killed, starting with Everett. Wilks leaves the   tent to offer medical attention after telling Kate  to stay and watch Kabir.

 Seconds later, a monster   enters the medical tent and uses its very long  tongue to capture Kate, but luckily Kabir finds a   machete in a chest and uses it to kill the beast.  Then he hands Kate a gun before running outside,   but the soldiers immediately grab him to keep  him guarded, thinking he was trying to escape.   It isn't until the soldiers start a fire that they  can finally keep these creepy things away. Wilks   goes to rescue Kate and brings her to the safe  spot where everyone's gathering, thus Hook takes   the chance to ask for cover in order to go save  Finch with Wilks. At that moment, another monster   enters Finch's tent, where it ignores all the  bullets to hit the major. Finch thinks he's about   to die when Hook and Wilks show up and shoot the  creature, this distracts it long enough for Finch   to grab a bat and smash it to death. Outside, the  group finds a container where they could hide, but   Bromhead has to work on picking the lock because  they don't have the key. When Hook and Wilks bring   Finch with them, one of the monsters tries  to attack them, so the soldiers open fire and   Kate takes the chance to jump on it with the ax,  having realized the mouth is the creature's weak   spot. There are still more creatures coming, so  as soon as the trio makes it back, they hide in   the container and decide to wait until morning to  see what happens.

 The soldiers are wary of Kabir,   but Kate points out he saved her life, and Kabir  finally tells them what he knows. He wasn't even   born when the Russians invaded, and the people in  his village knew war would reach them too because   a star had fallen to Earth and shook the ground.  Kabir's father taught him to fight, and by 1988   Afghan forces had begun to turn the tide. His  village had hope until one day people started   disappearing in the middle of the night, and  sometimes in the morning they would find bodies   that looked like they were attacked by a bear.  His father thought of hunting this animal, but   as soon as the Soviets withdrew, the attacks also  stopped. The village lost 46 people and Kabir's   father never made it back. The next morning,  the group leaves the container and discovers   their friends' bodies are gone. Wilks examines a  dead creature and discovers its teeth are in rows   and retractable, like a shark's, and its skin is  thick to function as body armor.

There's goo on   the table because the creature is melting since it  can't stand sunlight. Because the skin's so hard,   Wilks has to use a drill to look inside, and  he's shocked to discover the creature has human   organs. Finch finally decides to come clean and  apologizes to Kate, explaining the higher-ups   have always known about the bunker. It turns out  the star Kabir's people saw had been a starship,   and the Soviets invaded Afghanistan just  to retrieve it, the war had only been a   smokescreen. The aliens were used in experiments,  and the creatures are the result of combining   alien DNA with human DNA. There's a whole army of  them in the bunker, and last night they only sent   a few to learn the team's weaknesses, so they'll  likely come back tonight. Escaping isn't possible   because they don't have much fuel and they would  be found by the insurgents anyway. Suddenly their   conversation is interrupted by the beast on the  table waking up. It uses its tongue to grab Kate   again, leaving her in some sort of trance while  pushing away Kabir and the soldiers when they try   to stop it.

 Finch grabs a grenade and jumps on  the beast to kill it, making this his "voluntary   discharge" like the letter wanted. Afterward, the  soldiers finally free Kabir's hands because seeing   him fight has earned their trust. Kate feels dizzy  and confesses that when the creature touched it   felt like it was draining her mind, probably to  learn their strategies, but she has an advantage:   she knows where their nest is. Kate, Hook,  Jade, Wilks, Jones, and Bromhead are all the   soldiers that are left but it's enough people to  bomb the bunker, and Kabir asks to go with them   because he wants to avenge his father. When they  arrive at the bunker, they throw the bomb inside   and leave to detonate it, but Kate accidentally  drops her locket and Hook returns to pick it up.   This gives a monster the opportunity to grab him  and bring him down into the hole. The team thinks   they've lost their leader and gets ready for  the detonation, but Hook suddenly contacts them   through the radio to confirm he's still alive.

 He  doesn't want the team to go back for him and the   team agrees, but Kate changes everyone's minds  by pointing out that Hook would've done the same   for them. Wilks stays in the truck so he can  push and pull the broken elevator for the team,   but as soon as they make it to the bottom of the  bunker, Wilks picks up a worrisome message through   the radio: there'll be a missile strike in twenty  minutes, they probably got the location because of   the tracker on the truck. Seeing they don't have  much time, the group decides to split to cover   more ground more quickly. Meanwhile Hook discovers  there's a beast in the same room as him and soon   he's attacked by its tongue, but he manages  to distract it by biting that tongue before   killing it with his knife.

 Afterward, he finds  all his friends' bodies and manages to take some   weapons from them. As the team searches for Hook,  Kabir finds the bodies on the tables and realizes   these are the missing people from his village,  who probably were the ones that became creatures   later. Kate finds a pod on the wall she didn't  see before, and when she turns on the light,   she discovers the original alien floating around  still alive. At that moment, Hook leaves the room   and asks Kate for directions through the radio,  only to be intercepted by another monster.

 He   runs fast enough and manages to join his team to  kill the beast together by shooting at its head,   but this leaves many of them without ammunition.  Meanwhile outside, Wilks suddenly finds himself   surrounded by insurgents, meaning he has to open  fire and defend the entrance on his own. In the   bunker, the creatures are hatching out of the  pods, and Kate comes to the conclusion they knew   they were coming because they read her mind. The  team runs out of the pod room and closes the door,   but the creatures keep hitting it with outstanding  strength, so Jones stays behind to hold the door   to give the team the chance to escape. As they run  down the corridor, Jade hears a noise indicating a   monster is coming, so she stays behind too to  fight it and protect the team.

 As soon as the   group reaches the elevator, they realize Jade's  gone, and Hook decides to go back for her after   telling the team to leave if he isn't back in two  minutes. Jade takes the beast into the mess hall   and after exchanging a few hits she manages to  defeat it, only for a second one to appear behind   her. By the time Hook arrives, it's too late:  the beast has killed Jade. Hook begins fighting   the creature with any tools he can find around,  meanwhile Jones realizes he can't hold the door   anymore and lets go of it before detonating the  bomb to bring everyone down with him. Hook hears   the explosion and hides inside the fridge right  before the flames enter the room, killing the   beast there too. At the elevator, more monsters  are coming and the team is running out of bullets,   so Bromhead starts calling for Wilks to pull  them up.

Wilks is still fighting the insurgents,   who are now getting inside the truck to fight him  hand-to-hand. Kate, Bromhead, and Kabir also hear   the explosion and hide in the elevator for safety  at the same that Wilks finally kills the enemy and   activates the truck. Unfortunately the elevator is  too heavy and it pulls the truck down with it, but   Wilks can't stop it because more insurgents are  arriving and opening fire on him. More creatures   arrive at the elevator, and Kate and Kabir can  defend themselves with the ax and the machete,   but Bromhead only has his fists and gets killed.  The truck outside keeps advancing, so Wilks has   to move out of the way and see it fall. Kabir  sees the truck coming and tells Kate to get   out of the elevator while he keeps the creatures  distracted, thus when the truck finally crashes,   he dies together with all the monsters. Wilks is  captured by the insurgents while Hook returns to   Kate's side as a monster follows him. Together  both soldiers grab onto the elevator's wires,   which quickly take them back up with a quick shot  from Hook. As soon as they make it back outside,   Kate and Hook shoot the insurgents, saving Wilks  right before he gets killed. At that moment,   a plane appears in the sky and drops a missile,  so the trio pushes a man out of a car and steals   the vehicle to escape the area. The explosion  doesn't reach them, although it does push the   vehicle off the road, and Kate's sure this  bombing came from the government to get rid   of the evidence.

Her theory is correct because  at that moment, special agents land on the base   to look for any beast bodies, but they leave when  they only find Finch's. Kate isn't worried though   because she reveals she has the pendrive with  all the intel, a gift from Jade after she used   her thievery to take it from Finch. Now they  only need to make their vehicle work again.

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Farmer Goes Against an Army of 100,000 Orcs to Rescue His Kidnapped Wife

 

In the kingdom of Ehb, mage Gallian visits  Muriella to spend some time together. Muriella   loves kissing Gallian because she believes  there's love between them, but Gallian is   actually absorbing the magic that runs in her  mage bloodline. As they keep on kissing, nature   outside is ruined by the dark forces of Gallian's  ritual. Muriella's father Merick is in the area   and senses this energy, so he goes to investigate  and discovers Gallian is using magic to control an   army of beasts known as krugs. Meanwhile an orphan  known as Farmer works hard on the land. He lives   happily with his son Zeph and his wife Solana, who  Farmer hasn't told "I love you" to yet. They're   often visited by Farmer's best friend Norick, who  informs Farmer that the king's army is recruiting   men and pays well. Farmer turns the offer down  because he prefers a boring life if it means   staying with family.

At the royal castle, King  Konreid receives news of the krugs killing people   all over the place, including a royal guard.  Konreid's nephew Fallow fights the concept of such   peaceful beasts attacking ridiculous, but Konreid  believes dark sorcery is involved. The next day,   Solana and Zeph go to visit Solana's parents  and her brother Bastian at the village while   Farmer stays at home to work. He suddenly  feels a weird presence in the area, and a   quick investigation reveals a bunch of krugs are  invading. Farmer reveals to have secret fighting   techniques that he uses to quickly defeat all the  beasts before the runs to check on Norick, who is   also under attack while his barn burns. Together  the two friends fight and defeat all the enemies,   but unfortunately there's no saving the barn.  Afterward Farmer asks Norick for a horse because   he fears more krugs may be going to the village. 

Back in the royal castle, Muriella is taking sword   lessons with Commander Tarish. He respects  Muriella's skill with the sword, but he can't   accept her into his army because she's a woman.  Their training is interrupted by Fallow, who tells   Tarish to prepare his soldiers because the krugs  are ransacking the land. It's clear that Tarish   dislikes Fallow for being a good-for-nothing,  but he has no choice but to obey. In the village,   Solana is hanging out with her dad and son in  the tower, when she suddenly sees the krugs   coming. She immediately asks her father to take  Zeph to a safe place while she rings the bell to   raise the alarm. The villagers panic and run as  the krugs begin destroying everything in their   path. At that moment, Farmer and Norick  arrive at the village and join the fight,   killing as many krugs as they can. Farmer is  desperate to find Solana and hears from her family   that she's still at the bell tower, so Norick and  Bastian help him find her while Zeph stays with   his grandparents. Meanwhile the krugs reach the  tower and kidnap Solana.

 In his fortress, Gallian   is using his magic to control the krugs. He sends  backup in the form of dark knights that serve as   his avatar and allow him to see what's going on.  When Farmer approaches the tower, he finds it on   fire and assumes Solana's already dead. Gallian  sends a dark knight after Farmer and to his shock,   Farmer fights the dark knight without issues  and even manages to kill him. However Gallian   doesn't give up and gains control of a second  knight that he sends to Solana's house to kill   her parents. When Farmer arrives, he immediately  starts another fight against more incoming krugs   while the knight finds Zeph hiding in the closet.  Zeph quickly runs away and the knight follows him   so that Gallian can have the pleasure of killing  him. While Bastian gets home and is devastated   to find his dead parents, Farmer finds Zeph and  cries for his loss. After Gallian makes his army   retreat with a bunch of prisoners, Farmer  and Bastian bury Zeph and his grandparents.   Norick points out they didn't find Solana's body,  so she could still be alive. At the royal castle,   Fallow meets with Gallian to remind him they had  a deal to take over the throne together. Fallow   doesn't think Gallian's working fast enough, but  Gallian's too worried about Farmer and his ability   to strike dark knights. Some hours later, King  Konreid and his group arrive looking for people   who want to join the royal army. Farmer turns  them down, saying the king has plenty of soldiers   and walls to protect him. Norick and Bastian agree  with him and accept to join his search for Solana,   but they're suddenly intercepted by Merick, who  thinks Norick and Farmer look familiar. Merick   tries to explain to Farmer that the king needs  him more than they know, but Farmer dismisses   him. After a few hours of riding, Farmer, Norick,  and Bastian reach a broken bridge above a cliff.   They send the horses back and then cross the  gap by sliding down a rope with their belts.

 Farmer reaches the other end safely, but Norick  and Bastian fall into the water. Thankfully they   don't get hurt in the process. Meanwhile the king  and his men return to the castle and find only one   guard sleeping at the entrance. To make matters  worse, Fallow is using the throne to get frisky   with a woman. Konreid scolds him for his behavior,  then he makes Tarish take Fallow away. This causes   Fallow to slap Tarish for touching him, but Tarish  can't respond because Fallow is still royalty.   Afterward, Fallow goes to Gallian to demand an  acceleration of the plan. Gallian needs more power   for that, so he visits Muriella, who tells him  her father considers Gallian an enemy of the king.   Gallian dismisses that comment as Merick just  being too judgemental, but since Muriella won't   drop the subject, Gallian gets furious and yells  at her.

 This scares Muriella and causes her to   kick him out. The next morning, Fallow apologizes  to Konreid and promises to do better, so Konreid   allows him to share his breakfast. Afterward,  Konreid discusses with Tarish the strange behavior   the krugs are showing and how they should attack.  Muriella takes the chance to speak to Konreid to   ask what's going on because nobody tells her  anything. Konreid is about to explain the krug   problem but he suddenly starts feeling dizzy and  he passes out. Merick senses his king is in danger   and begins making his way back to the castle while  Fallow goes to see Gallian because he feels sick   as well. Gallian reveals that he poisoned the  king's breakfast and that he has the antidote,   which he gives to Fallow only after making him beg  and reminding him who is really in charge. Moments   later, Merick arrives and uses his magic to start  working on the poison in the king's system.

 Tarish   informs him Fallow has fled the castle and took  two full legions with him, which may indicate he   did the poisoning but also Gallian's help. When  Tarish wonders how Gallian got so much power,   Merick gets suspicious and visits Muriella,  who confirms she had been getting close to   Gallian. Merick explains to her that she had  been used and her bad decisions are bringing   chaos to the kingdom, which causes Muriella  to have a breakdown. Outside the royal estate,   Fallow tells the soldiers to follow him, and when  one man wonders why Tarish isn't with them, Fallow   kills him. Then he threatens to kill anyone who  doesn't follow him because it would technically   be treason. Meanwhile, Farmer, Bastian, and  Norick get lost in the forest. They feel a   weird presence surrounding them and suddenly, a  bunch of plants grab them by their feet and hang   them upside down. This is a trap from nymphs,  who don't want warriors in their forest.

 Farmer   uses his weapons to free himself and swears they  mean no harm, so the nymphs let them go on the   condition they get out of the woods immediately.  The guys admit they're lost and the nymphs accept   to guide them to the edge of the forest while  explaining they don't get involved in humans'   problems. The trio makes it out of the woods at  night and finds the krugs that are transporting   the carts with the prisoners to their lair. One of  the beasts tries to attack them, but they quickly   kill it and Norick takes its helmet, getting an  idea. He and Bastian dress up as krugs and pretend   to bring Farmer as a prisoner, giving him the  chance to look for Solana. Unfortunately Bastian   and Norick are recognized as humans and captured  anyway.

 Farmer finds Solana in one of the cages,   but a dark knight knocks him out from behind  before he can rescue her. Back at the castle,   Konreid wakes up and Merick informs him of  Fallow's doings. Konreid orders Tarish to get   the army ready to attack and he'll come along  instead of resting. On a road not far away,   Solana wakes up and discovers Norick and Bastian  are with her. She breaks down when they tell her   about her parents and Zeph, but Norick promises  Farmer will come for her. In the meantime,   Farmer wakes up to find himself tied to a tree.  There's a dark knight next to him that Gallian   uses to communicate, admitting he's curious about  Farmer because he can't read him like he does with   other normal humans. Gallian wants to know what  Farmer is, but since Farmer doesn't have answers,   Gallian pulls the rope to try to kill him.

However  Farmer moves quickly and kicks the knight to kill   him with his own weapon, then he cuts the rope  to save himself. Nearby, Merick senses Gallian's   magic and rushes to find Farmer barely alive, so  he helps him by sharing some magic medicine. At   the castle, Muriella deals with her feelings of  guilt over having given her magic to Gallian. She   considers ending things, but her best friend comes  to stop her, pointing out that would only make   matters worse. Muriella decides she wants to make  up for her mistakes and make her father proud,   so she puts on armor and leaves the castle to join  the fight. Moments later, Fallow makes his army   join a krug camp, saying they're part of his army  too. This isn't liked by the soldiers. Meanwhile   Merick brings Farmer to the king's camp to  introduce him to Konreid, because he has big news:   Farmer is the king's lost son.

He's sure of this  because Norick used to tend the queen's horses,   and after the massacre at Oxley Pass, Norick found  a little boy wandering around. There was only one   child at Oxley Pass back then, the prince. Farmer  refuses to believe this and leaves the tent. While   he searches for a horse to go back to look for his  wife, Merick approaches him to ask him to join the   army again. Farmer refuses, so Merick points  out there's no point in saving Solana if the   king doesn't win the war because then Merick  won't have a place to live. A moment later,   Tarish approaches Fallow to try to solve this  without a fight. He calls him a traitor and   announces any soldier under his command will be  considered one as well. Fallow laughs because he   believes himself to be the new king and nothing  can be done against him, but at that moment   Konreid shows up to prove he's still alive.

 The  soldiers that followed Fallow immediately return   to their king's side and get ready for battle,  Tarish is shocked to see Farmer joining them as   well. Suddenly Fallow's krug army arrives. The  king's archers deal with the first wave, then   the sword wielders come through to start a fierce  battle. Gallian uses his magic to send some krugs   underground, allowing them to grab the soldiers by  surprise from below. The humans are good fighters   and manage to keep up their defenses, but things  get more complicated when Gallian sends some dark   knights and catapults that shoot rocks and even  krugs themselves on fire. While the archers find   a safe spot to bring down the krugs in charge of  the catapults, the king also joins the fight, so   the dark knights try going after him. The soldiers  can't stop them no matter how much they attack,   but Farmer knows he's special and opens the path  to reach the knights and quickly kill them.

 This   distraction is used by Fallow to shoot Konreid in  the chest. The king doesn't give up and continues   fighting, but Merick orders the guards to take  him away. Fallow immediately rides away and Farmer   tries to catch him, but another dark knight gets  in his way and Farmer has to stay to fight him. By   holding onto the knight's horse, Farmer manages to  reach the knight and kill him too. The king's army   wins the battle, but Gallian thinks they're just  buying time. Nearby, Muriella uses her special   senses to understand what direction she needs to  take and discovers there's a dark knight following   her, so she rides away into the woods. Moments  later, Fallow and the few men he has left show up   in the forest with the intention of returning to  the castle because it's empty and up for taking.   They suddenly stop when they find a dark knight  hanging from a tree, and just a little further in,   Muriella is waiting.

 Fallow thinks he's found  the perfect victim to kidnap, but at that moment   the plants start moving: it turns out this is a  trap and the nymphs now capture all the soldiers.   Scared, Fallow grabs his sword and tries to  kill Muriella, who quickly defends herself.   A nymph on a vine jumps in to take Muriella away  and Fallow tries to escape, but he finds himself   blocked by the bodies of his own soldiers. The  vines capture Fallow and Muriella announces he's   coming with her. At Gallian's fortress, the krugs  arrive with all the prisoners and as soon as they   open the cages, Bastian and Norick start a fight.  Solana gets to run away with another prisoner,   but unfortunately Norick dies in battle. Bastian  joins the girls in the corridor trying to find a   way out, but the krugs find them and re-capture  them. In the king's camp, Konreid isn't well,   so Merick calls Farmer to make him face his  father's last wishes.

 Konreid uses a quote   about bravery and hard work that Farmer heard  before, and this proves he's his son because   Konreid only said that to the prince. The king  thinks that Farmer's skills in battle prove he   shall be a worthy leader, but also reveals he  knows a lot about other subjects like plants   and animals because he cares about his kingdom  and what's going on in it. Farmer is impressed   and holds Konreid's hand as he accepts his dream  of peace right before the king dies. Outside,   Tarish welcomes Muriella and sees her bring  Fallow with her. Tarish immediately frees Fallow   from the vines and challenges him to a duel for  the king's honor. Fallow accepts and begins the   fight by attacking Tarish from behind, but Tarish  quickly recovers and shows off his skills, easily   overpowering Fallow. At that moment, a soldier  brings the announcement of Konreid's death,   and Fallow laughs because that means he's the  new king and they can't hurt him.

He tries to   order the soldiers around, but he's interrupted  by Merick, who introduces everyone to Farmer,   explaining he's Konreid's son and therefore  the new king. Merick accuses Fallow of killing   Kinreid, and while a soldier finally arrests  Fallow, everyone kneels to Farmer as their new   king. At his fortress, Gallian learns that Solana  is among the prisoners and wants to use her to   make Farmer come to him. He touches her creepily  and using his magic, Gallian discovers that Solana   is pregnant. Back at the royal camp, the army  says goodbye to Konreid with a proper funeral   before making battle plans. Muriella tries to  join the army again and this time Farmer accepts   her as a soldier. She also knows of other people  that want to help and takes Farmer to the woods,   surprising him with the presence of the  nymphs. They usually don't want to fight,   but they've changed their mind because the krugs  are now attacking their forest too. Moments later,   Farmer takes his army to Gallian's fortress, where  the mage summons a storm to make the battle harder   for the humans.

As a fierce battle begins between  krugs and the royal guards plus the nymphs,   Merick takes Farmer around the mountain to  show him a secret entrance to Gallian's lair.   Then Merick teleports inside to confront Gallian  directly, since they used to be friends before   Gallian fell into the darkness. The last existing  mages in the kingdom start a fight by controlling   swords with their magic, and Gallian uses all the  power he's stolen from Muriella to stab Merick,   leaving him to die alone. Outside, a nymph helps  Farmer use a rope to jump over a cliff and gain   access to the secret entrance. Muriella senses  her father's death and teleports into the fortress   to say goodbye to him. Before dying, Merick gives  his daughter the last of his magic. In the caves,   Bastian manages to get the chains off the walls  and gathers some of the prisoners to fight the   krugs while the others take the chance to escape.

  Farmer sneaks inside the fortress until he finds   Solana, but Gallian is waiting for him. Solana  tries to run away, but Gallian hits her with   magic to make her stay. Then Gallian grabs a sword  to fight Farmer, and as soon as he realizes Farmer   has better skills, he begins using magic to toss  tables at him and float away from Farmer's hits.   While Tarish and the nymphs have trouble against  the dark knights that join the krugs in battle,   Farmer manages to disarm Gallian and wound his  head. Gallian responds by capturing Farmer in a   magic hurricane of books and retrieves his sword  to kill him, only to be interrupted by Muriella,   who uses her magic to save Farmer and freeze  Gallian. Solana sees the opportunity and with   Farmer's sword, she stabs Gallian to  get revenge for her son. Now free,   Farmer comes forward and finishes Gallian once  and for all.

The death of the mage causes all   the dark knights to disappear and krugs to  calm down and leave because they aren't under   his control anymore. The prisoners and the  army take a breath as they realize they won.   Farmer and Solana celebrate their victory with a  kiss, and Farmer finally tells her he loves her.

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Saboteurs Must Blow Up a Bridge Inside Enemy Territory

 

When World War II breaks out, Norway declares itself neutral. However the small town of Narvik is the main source of iron ore for Germany, and Great Britain considers it important to stop the ore transportation. In April 1940, the British marine force arrives at Norwegian waters, so a troop of Norwegian soldiers are sent to Narvik as neutrality guards, unaware of the fact that Norway's neutrality has already been breached. Among these soldiers is Tofte, who is delighted to go back to his hometown and see his family again. When they arrive at Narvik, soldiers are disappointed to hear their day off has been canceled, so Tofte asks for a special permission because it's his son's birthday. The permission is granted but he has to come back before midnight. Tofte rushes to visit his wife Ingrid, who works as a waitress in a hotel and sometimes helps as an interpreter because she knows German.

Today there's a meeting with the town mayor, discussing the possibility of an agreement over the ore with British consul Ross and German consul Fritz. Tofte reunites with Ingrid, then goes outside to spend time with his son Ole and his father Aslak while he waits for his wife to finish working. When the meeting ends, Ross asks Ingrid if Fritz gave any kind of opinion when he called her over to translate, but Ingrid has no information to share. Afterward the family has dinner together, and after Aslak and Ole go to bed, Tofte and Ingrid get frisky together. Tofte ends up falling asleep by mistake, and he's woken up by the sound of explosions in the area. Once Ingrid has said goodbye to him, Tofte rushes out and sees fire at the coast. He meets with his colonel, who explains their ships have been sunk by the Germans and now marines are scattered all over the harbor.

Tofte rejoins his companions to defend the town, but the colonel goes to talk to the German leader and hears his army has taken over the rest of Norway, so they don't stand a chance. The colonel decides to surrender to avoid more death and tells his men to let the German soldiers pass. Now the Norwegian soldiers must travel to a new meeting point because returning to the base is begging to be captured. The next morning, Ingrid goes to work and finds Ross' assistant sneaking inside through the employee door, explaining it's a matter of life or death. When Ingrid reaches the reception, she discovers the German army has taken over the hotel as a base, and Fritz asks her to be their translator, he also requires all the room keys. Ingrid can tell they'll shoot if she doesn't obey, so she gives them the keys and asks about her husband.

 Fritz promises they let the Norwegian tropes leave in peace. Meanwhile Tofte's group is leaving town, and the Germans try to stop them, but the colonel ignores them and they keep on marching. Back in the hotel, a few German soldiers arrive through the back door and Ingrid distracts them with breakfast to give her friend and coworker Bjorg the chance to help Ross and his assistant escape. Before they leave, Ross asks Ingrid for a place to hide, but Ingrid doesn't want to take them home because of her son. Instead, she tells them of a cabin in the mountains and sends Bjorg to guide them there. When Ingrid goes home after work, Aslak tells her they should leave town. Ingrid worries about Tofte, but Aslak points out the soldiers left and they won't be able to come back as long as the Germans are here. They go to the harbor, where they find the waters filled with dead Norwegian marines, and they discover the ferry isn't available, so they'll have to take the train.

 Tofte and his team are currently marching along the train tracks. The major discovers this section of the bridge was supposed to be blown up but they can't find the dynamite, so he asks Tofte for help because he used to work for the train station with his dad before he joined the neutrality watch. Tofte doesn't know anything about the dynamite and calls his dad for help, Aslak tells him the location of the dynamite but also warns him there's a train coming and Ingrid and Ole are in it. Tofte passes this information to his superiors and requests to blow up the bridge after letting the train pass, but the major refuses because the entire point is to stop the train from bringing the ore to German hands. Suddenly they hear some noises in the tunnel and the soldiers get ready to shoot, but it turns out they're the civilians that couldn't catch the train because the Germans stopped it.

 Tofte quickly says hi to his family before sending them to hide in the other tunnel, then he helps his fellow soldiers set up the dynamite, which means he has to climb up the beams that hold the bridge. Inside the tunnel, most of the civilians keep moving, but Ole makes her mother stay back to wait for Tofte. At that moment, the Germans arrive and open fire, killing various Norwegian soldiers. The major orders the detonation of the explosives before Tofte can climb down, so he has to jump and land on the snow before he's hit by the explosion too. Moments later, the Germans find Ingrid and Ole and since she speaks their language, she's saved instead of captured. On her way back to town, Ingrid discovers that the Germans captured a few Norwegian soldiers as prisoners of war, including Tofte. When they return to town, Ingrid leaves Ole with Aslak before she's taken to see Fritz, who requires her help with translation to talk to the mayor again.

 Fritz knows the mayor telegraphed someone and wants to know why, thus the mayor explains he tried to warn the British about the invasion, but he never got to because the Germans caught him first. Since Fritz clarifies the British won't come as long as the Germans are here, the mayor wants to evacuate the remaining civilians, but Fritz won't let him do that either. The mayor leaves furious and promises to take over the pedestrian tunnel to use as a shelter. Then Ingrid begins cleaning up and accidentally breaks a glass. Fritz wonders why she's so nervous, and Ingrid explains she's worried about Tofte, so Fritz promises he'll see what he can do about it. Sometime later, Bjorg shows up at Ingrid's home, saying Ross wants tobacco and specifically asked for her. Ingrid doesn't want to go, but she accepts when Bjorg points out that she can't do everything alone.

 Ingrid goes to the cabin in the mountains and after she hands in the tobacco, Ross asks her to spy for them. At first she refuses, but then Ross implies he will tell the Germans that she's hiding him, so she has no choice but to accept. Ross knows his ships are the best, but he needs her to find out how the Germans would protect the city against a land attack. The next time Ingrid is serving coffee to Fritz and his men, she pays attention to the drawer where they put away their maps and plans. Suddenly an explosion can be heard from the harbor, and Ingrid looks through the window to discover the British are attacking. She rushes out of the hotel and meets with Aslak and Ole to hide in a basement with the rest of the neighbors. By the time the battle ends, night has fallen.

Ingrid returns to the hotel where she learns that the British sunk all the German ships but they haven't come ashore yet, she guesses they're waiting for her intel. She helps take care of the wounded soldiers, and when she sees Fritz, she asks for any news on Tofte. Unfortunately Fritz explains things are too tense now to ask for favors regarding the soldiers the blew up the bridge and ruined things for the Germans. Since Frit won't help her, Ingrid decides to take advantage of everyone being distracted to sneak into the office and steal the maps and plans. Afterward, she takes them to Ross, who makes a copy and makes his assistant send the information to the British forces. Ingrid returns to town with the originals and is stopped by the German soldiers on guard, luckily as a hotel worker she has the papers that allow her to transit freely. The soldiers let her pass, but when Ingrid is about to enter her home, there's an explosion in town that pushes her back: the British are already using her intel to attack. Ingrid's house is now in ruins and she rushes inside to search for her family.

 Sadly Aslak has died under the debris, while Ole is alive but heavily wounded. Four weeks later, the Germans have established an iron ring around Narvik. French and Polish troops have disembarked to attack from the north and south, but first the Norwegians must neutralize the German positions in the mountains. In Roasme, Tofte and the other Norwegian prisoners are being slaved by the Germans to make them work in the sheer cold, to the point one of them passes out. It worries Tofte that they may kill them if they don't help, so he makes his friend stand up again by reminding him Bjorg is waiting for him to return. The Norwegian soldiers are sent to the trenches and when the French suddenly attack, the Norwegians are put in charge of the wounded.

 Tofte takes the chance to steal some food and overhears others talking about the attack on Narvik, which sadly allows him to learn that his father is dead. Tofte wants to know if Ole also died, but everyone gets distracted by the enemy fire, and the Norwegians take the chance to escape. The Germans notice this and try to stop them, but at that moment the French get close enough to kill the captors and rescue the Norwegians. Tofte is quickly handed a gun and he helps the French kill all the Germans on their way until they finally get to leave the trenches, then Tofte discovers his old team and his mayor are there working with the French as well. He learns they'll eventually return to Narvik, but first they have to finish killing all the Germans in the area.

 One week later, civilians are caught in the crossfire between German positions and British ships, so they're all staying in the shelters, where Ingrid continues to take care of Ole's wounds. One afternoon, Bjorg informs her the Germans are going from door to door looking for the people that are hiding the English, they're also asking for Ingrid. After leaving Ole with Bjorg, Ingrid goes to translate for another meeting between Fritz and the mayor. Fritz wants to know where Ross is and doesn't believe the mayor when he says he doesn't know, thus the mayor gets arrested. At that moment a small explosion hits the side of the hotel, but they ignore it because it's routine by now. Fritz invites Ingrid to stay with him in the hotel, but she prefers to be with her son. Later in the evening, Ingrid is devastated to discover Ole's unconscious and burning with fever because his wound got infected.

 Ingrid immediately takes him to the hotel and asks Fritz for a doctor, but Fritz turns her request down, explaining the soldiers are their priority. Desperate, Ingrid offers to tell him Ross' location in exchange for help for her son. Moments later, a doctor is taking care of Ole's wound, which was infected because a little piece of metal got caught in it. Bjorg shows up to warn Ingrid that the Germans caught Ross, but as soon as she sees a doctor with Ole, she realizes what Ingrid did. To calm her down, Ingrid assures her she never mentioned her. Two weeks later, Norwegian and French soldiers attack the Germans in Rombaks Fjord, their last stop before Narvik. They think that thanks to Ingrid's intel they'll do fine, but now the Germans are waiting for them and immediately open fire. Tofte has to help his friend get to a safe spot, and the group notices they're at a great disadvantage so they try to leave. However the major shoots at the sky and threatens to kill anyone that dares behave like a coward. The key is destroying the cannons, prompting Tofte to take two men and go up the hill through a hidden road at the back. After killing the guards, they enter a tunnel, where Germans open fire at them again. The Norwegians exchanged a few shots before throwing a grenade to kill most of the enemies. Then they shoot the survivors directly before putting a bomb inside the cannon to destroy it as well.

Afterward the trio goes back outside to announce the cannon is down, now their team can advance and finally win the battle. In Narvik, the Germans begin getting ready to leave and Fritz asks Ingrid to come with him to Berlin, warning her that the Germans will retaliate later with brutal air raids. Ingrid turns him down, reminding him she has a husband, causing Fritz to shows her the prisoners list to reveal their Norwegian slaves were lost in action. Devastated, Ingrid runs to her son and is found by her boss, who comforts her and gives her all her pay so she can leave Narvik with Ole. Meanwhile Norwegian and French soldiers celebrate their victory, which is considered Hitler's first loss in World War II. Sometime later, the group finally makes it back to Narvik, and all the citizens receive them with pride. Tofte is shocked to see Ingrid isn't there to welcome him too, and when he asks Bjorg, she explains it's been hard for Ingrid after dealing with the Germans.

Tofte goes to his old house and is hurt to find it in ruins, but inside he's relieved to see Ingrid and Ole. The family reunites with hugs and kisses, but Ingrid quickly reminds them they need to leave. Tofte demands an explanation, and Ingrid confesses what she had to do to save her child. She doesn't feel guilty because it was a British grenade that hurt Ole and killed Aslak, but Tofte is still furious and calls her a traitor since she betrayed the people that protected the town. Ingrid reminds him that nobody was here protecting Ole, and when Tofte points out that people just die during the war, Ingrid says it would've been better if he never came back. Ingrid tries to leave with Ole alone, but at that moment, German planes begin bombing the area. Tofte rushes to drag his wife and kid behind a wall for safety and tells Ingrid this is her fault. Some screaming can be heard outside and when Tofte goes to check, he's distressed to discover his best friend is dead.

 The mayor shows up with the rest of the soldiers to discuss new tactics, but Tofte only has eyes for Ingrid, who is leaving with Ole. At the harbor, all the citizens are trying to leave on the next boat. Because they heard rumors about Ingrid's betrayal, they push her out of the way and don't help her when she falls. Ingrid begins picking up her things thinking she'll forever be alone, but suddenly a pair of hands appear to help: it's Tofte, who has quit the mission to be with his family. Fortunately there are enough fishing boats to take all the civilians away before German bombers leave the city in ruins. The recapture of Narvik is considered Hitler's first defeat in World War II, but the victory was brief. Without informing Norway, Great Britain and France ordered a full withdrawal. Norwegian forces were left alone and forced to lay down their weapons. The battle of Narvik is the largest battle on Norwegian soil.

 

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Failed Experiment Astronauts to be Pulled Into a Parallel Universe

 

In 2028, the government announces that the world's  energy resources will be fully exhausted within   five years. To solve this problem, it's been  decided to test the Shepard Particle Accelerator   in the orbiting Cloverfield Station. If all goes  well, this would provide Earth with infinite   energy. British engineer Ava doesn't want to leave  her husband Michael alone because they recently   lost their children to a fire and they should be  working on fixing their relationship. But Michael   convinces her to join the Shepard mission even  if it takes years because they'll all die if she   doesn't find a solution. Ava joins a crew formed  by American commander Jason, German physicist   Ernst, Brazilian doctor Monk, Irish engineer  Gordon, Russian engineer Sasha, and Chinese   engineer Ling.

The team works wonderfully together  but unfortunately they fail at activating Shepard,   and they keep trying for the next two years. Ava  keeps in touch with Michael through videocalls,   and he updates her on the awful state of the  world. When Ava needs some extra comfort, she   also plays old videos of her children. The mood in  the station is tense because they only have power   for three more tries and the chances are low. The  news they get from Earth isn't encouraging either:   the world is coming apart under oil wars and  conspiracy theorists believe Shepard is dangerous   because it could rip open portals into parallel  universes that will bring monsters to Earth. This   mood often ends up triggering petty arguments  among the crew that end up in actual physical   fights that the commander has to stop. The team  gets their emotions under control when it's time   for the 47th test.

After lots of calculations and  care, they finally manage to get a beam going,   but it immediately overloads and explodes.  The entire station shakes and throws the   crew from ceiling to floor, the power goes  out, and a fire begins around the Shepard.   Ernst puts it by opening the ventilation vents  into space, but there's still the matter of fixing   the power, which is harder than it looks because  for some reason the system is all scrambled.   Moments later, they have power again thanks to  the backup, because their main power is fried. The   O2 tanks are leaking, the reserves are severely  diminished, and Ava keeps trying to contact Earth   for help to no avail. When the engineers check  the comms they make a shocking discovery: Earth   is nowhere to be found. The first theory they can  think of it's that Shepard has thrown them across   the galaxy, prompting Ava to check her own private  communicator and sadly confirm she can't contact   her husband either. This dire situation triggers  another argument among the crew as they look for   someone to blame for the malfunction.

 Jason takes  a moment to cry in private, and once he's calmed   down, he breaks up all the arguments and reminds  his crew their priority is to survive. Each person   is assigned a repair to work on, but when Ava and  Sasha go to check on the gyroscope that aids in   the station's navigation, they find it missing.  That's not the only weird thing happening:   Sasha keeps touching his face because he feels  something bothering him under the skin, and there   are some weird groaning noises coming from one  of the walls. Yet another argument begins because   half of the crew doesn't want to break a wall and  release something dangerous, but they don't have   any other choice. As soon as they take the panel  off, they are shocked to find a woman named Mina   painful stuck among the wires. Nobody knows who  she is, but she mentions Ava's name. The crew   immediately cuts all the wires and takes Mina out  to take her to the infirmary, where they put her   to sleep so that Monk can take care of her without  more pain.

Meanwhile on Earth, Michael wakes up in   the middle of the night when he feels the whole  house shaking. Looking through the window shows   him lots of explosions outside, and when Michael  checks his phone, he sees messages from everyone   freaking out over a possible European invasion  having reached the USA. Then Michael checks the   internet for news, and while the government swears  it wasn't a nuclear weapon, they still won't tell   what caused the explosions. Michael calls the  hospital he works at to see if he's needed, and he   gets flabbergasted when he hears the actual facts  about what's happening. Back in the station, the   crew is arguing again. The gyro is missing, the  system is still scrambled, and a mysterious woman   appeared inside the wall, so they feel completely  lost.

 Jason tells everyone to go back to work on   the repairs since they're still the priority,  but Ernst asks Ling to meet him in the X-deck   in ten minutes to see if they can take control  of the situation because he's done with Jason's   orders. This is overheard by Sasha. While trying  to fix Shepard, Ernst snaps and yells at Ling,   who quickly puts him in his place and reminds him  they're a team. Meanwhile in the rec room, the   foosball is moving on its own. In the greenhouse,  Gordon discovers the worms are gone. Sasha keeps   obsessing with his skin and looking at his face  in the mirror, thinking he can see something   crawling inside him. Suddenly, his left eye moves  on its own, and Sasha begins creepily talking to   himself. Then he goes to the 3D printer and makes  a gun that he takes to threaten Ernst and Ling,   thinking he can make them confess to some secret  conspiracy. Sasha starts coughing while he speaks   and unexpectedly throws up before falling to the  floor as his body goes through a seizure

. Ling   puts the gun away while the crew takes Sasha to  Monk, but before the doctor can do anything, Sasha   throws up the missing worms and dies. A terrified  Ava goes to her room to stop herself from having   a breakdown, but she returns when she hears Mina  has woken up. Jason is wary of this woman, but Ava   still approaches her and asks her what she's doing  here. Mina wonders the same about Ava and explains   she's been in this station for two years, she  knows all the others except for Ling. Ava tells   her Ling is the Shepard engineer, but Mina says  that's her own job and that Ava was supposed to   be on Earth. Mina swears Ava had been the team's  civilian coordinator and they were friends,   but Ava still doesn't know who she is. Upset over  the fact nobody knows her, Mina clings to Ava with   a hug and whispers in her ear not to trust Ernst  because he was the one to sabotage the ship. When   Jason learns about this, he checks the system  and finds e-mails confirming Ernst is a spy.

   Jason immediately goes to find him and beat him  up before locking him up in a room as a prisoner,   although Ernst swears he doesn't know what  they're talking about. In the meantime on Earth,   city-wide destruction has been reported. Michael's  driving to the hospital while calling people at   the base to send a message to his wife, only  to hear they've lost contact with the station.   Suddenly Michael stops the car because he sees a  giant shadow walking away from a destroyed house,   where young Molly is yelling for help. Michael  takes her with him in the car but they can't go to   the hospital because Michael gets a message that  the building has been destroyed too. He promises   Molly she'll reunite with her parents later, then  he takes her to a shelter that belongs to a friend   that is out of town where they can wait safely. In  the station, Gordon is working on the repairs when   suddenly a weird hole appears on the wall and  swallows his arm.

 This strange hole is capable   of moving all over the wall and dragging Gordon  with him. Jason and Ava hear him cry for help and   come pull him out, but once he's free, Gordon  is shocked to discover he's lost his arm. Monk   takes a look at it but he can't find any clues,  especially since Gordon swears it doesn't even   hurt. Things get weirder when the door to Ernst's  room opens on its own and he comes out to find   something in the corridor that makes him call the  crew. Everyone joins Ernst and finds Gordon's arm   crawling on the floor. Gordon swears he isn't  controlling it, so the crew puts the arm under   a glass box while Ernst explains this proves  the conspiracy theorist right: the Cloverfield   Paradox is real and two realities in a multiverse  are fighting to occupy the same space, creating   chaos. The arm starts making writing gestures and  the crew brings it a pen that the arm uses to give   a message: they need to check inside Sasha. They  do as the arm says and to everyone's surprise,   they find the missing gyroscope inside Sasha's  stomach.

 They immediately put it back in the   system and manage to fix the scrambling, which  reveals the station had been upside down and   moved during the explosion. As soon as they fix  these issues, they manage to find Earth again and   while they can't send messages yet, they can  receive the planet's signals. The news clips   that appear on the screen are weird too: they  talk about a fourteen-month-old world war that   was caused by the destruction of the Cloverfield  station, which fell in the middle of the ocean.   Ernst quickly realizes what's going on: there  aren't two different realities fighting, the crew   and the station jumped into a different universe  where the original crew is dead except for Mina.   Ernst wants to fix Shepard and fire it again to  return home, but Monk and Gordon want to help the   people on this Earth. Ling disagrees and thinks  it's too late here, so they should go back and   prevent this war from happening on their Earth. 

 Ernst stops the argument by pointing out that   going back is their only option because the longer  they stay, the weirder effects they'll go through.   Later when Monk checks on Mina, she explains  her station also failed when Shepard overloaded,   and she can tell they are a crew from a parallel  dimension. Ernst and Ling think condensation   caused the Shepard to overload, so Ling goes to  fix the ventilation to help with that problem.   Ernst confirms it solves the issue but Ling can't  come back because the door has locked on its own   and now the room is being filled with water coming  out of the ventilation vents. Ernst, Ava, and   Jason rush to help her, but they can't override  the locking code, and they don't have enough   strength to pull it open manually. Eventually the  pressure of the water breaks open the outer door,   and Ling dies when she's hit by the vacuum of  space.

After the crew has a moment to grieve,   Ernst wants to get back on the repairs because  losing Ling proves being here is dangerous. They   can't finish fixing Shepard without Ling though,  so Ava points out Mina is the Ling of this   universe thus she should have the same knowledge.  Jason continues to be wary of her, but they don't   have a choice. Back on Earth, Michael's sure the  paradox Ava had told him about it's behind all   this. He's calling a friend in the force to see  if he can locate Molly's parents when suddenly,   the shelter begins shaking and a monster  roar can be heard outside. In the station,   Mina's finally allowed to leave the infirmary, and  she accepts to help if she's given all of Ernst's   research to help her Earth. Ernst protests, but  Jason reminds him they'll leave this dimension   and the Ernst from this world is dead, meaning he  accepts the deal. Mina will require lots of power   to fix the final section of the Shepard, and the  guys begin working on that while Ava takes Mina to   her new room. Ava also takes the chance to ask why  this universe's Ava stayed on Earth, so Mina plays   a recording to show her that here her children  are alive and she stayed with them. The guys   are trying to figure out where to get the power  they need to activate the Shepard again and think   they could shut down the oxygen temporarily. They  would get two hours of oxygen to fire the Shepard,   and when they return to their universe, the now  working Shepard should provide power to turn on   the oxygen again. Ava interrupts them to ask Jason  for permission to take a pod to Earth to see her   kids. Jason explains this goes against protocol,  not to mention Ava may end up seeing herself,   but Ava explains she needs to warn her family  about the fire that killed them in her world.   Jason reluctantly allows her to go. The crew  begins working on their plan and Gordon goes to   shut down the oxygen tanks.

 The idea works and  the Shepard begins activating, but Gordon also   starts noticing weird magnetic problems around  him that take his tools away. The metallic sand   he had used to fix the wall also reacts and grabs  Gordon, trapping him on the wall before the weird   magnetic field causes the oxygen tanks to explode,  causing a huge part of the Shepard to blow up.   Mina informs the crew that the maintenance  deck gets more unstable with every rotation,   thus they need to decouple it to survive. While  Ava, Jason, and Monk suit up for the mission,   Ernst reminds Mina that he isn't the same guy that  betrayed her, but she stays cold. The trio goes   outside and approaches the maintenance ring, but  they find it jammed, which means they'll have to   jettison it. Monk and Ava begin making their way  back to see if there's a way to do this remotely,   but Jason knows it can only be done with the  door closed so he stays behind to keep it locked   manually.

After saying goodbye to Ava, Jason  jettisons the ring, losing his life to save his   crew. Meanwhile on Earth, Michael's watching old  videos of Ava when he gets a message confirming   Molly's parents have been contacted. This inspires  Michale to record a video saying goodbye to Ava   in case he's dead when she comes back. In  the station, Ernst confirms they only have   forty-three minutes of oxygen left. Jason left Ava  in charge so she gives everyone their next chores,   deciding to fire Shepard twice: first to overload  it and make it send them back, the second time   to make it power the station. She also announces  Monk and Ernst can go back, but she'll be leaving   with Mina to Earth on a pod. While Monk and Ernst  work, Mina takes the chance to steal the gun and   takes her to the pod to knock out Ava. Then she  activates the pod to make Ava leave alone while   Mina goes after the others. Fortunately Ava wakes  up quickly and sees this plan, so she must choose   between staying in the pod or saving her friends.  Mina finds Monk first and shoots him to get the   key for the Shepard because she wants to keep it  to save her planet. Ava decides to cancel the pod   and come looking for Mina, but by the time she  arrives, Monk's already dead.

Mina goes after   Ernst next, although her shot isn't in a vital  spot because she needs him to control the Shepard,   although she admits she wants revenge for  her crew. Ava arrives and tries to stop her,   prompting Mina to point out that Ava can't have  both Shepard and her kids, she also swears she   doesn't mind killing three people to save eight  billion. While the women argue, Ernst picks a   tool from the floor and hits Mina, giving Ava the  chance to run away. Ernst and Mina fight for the   gun, which is accidentally fired and knocks Ernst  out. Mina goes after Ava, trying to manipulate   her into coming out by playing the recordings  of her children. When Mina comes close enough,   Ava jumps on her and starts a fight using objects  from around the room, allowing her to struggle for   the gun and shoot out the window. This causes Mina  to be ejected into space while Ava holds herself   onto the furniture until she can crawl out of the  room and close the door to be safe. Afterward,   Ava takes Ernst to the infirmary and takes care of  his wounds. Since it's only the two of them left,   she can't go back to Earth, so she sends a message  to herself to warn her about the fire and remind   her that being with the family is the most  important thing. Next Ernst and Ava overload the   Shepard, and the beam once again transports them  between dimensions. The duo can see Earth again   and immediately contact the base, confirming  Shepard is working and getting permission to   come back.

 Once the Shepard is activated for a  second time to start the production of energy,   Ernst and Ava get on a pod to go home. Michael  gets a message from the base confirming his   wife is fine and soon they'll reunite, but Michael  freaks out and asks the higher-ups to tell Ava not   to come. As the pod comes closer to Earth, a giant  monster bursts from the clouds with a loud roar.

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Thugs Are Unaware Their New History Teacher is an Undercover Agent

 

In a secret warehouse, Damian comes to see a gang  boss for his share of illegal merch to sell. The   boss thinks Damian's acting too twitchy and  takes him aside to explain that he's heard   there's a snitch in the gang, and when Damian  plays the innocent, the boss confesses he knows   Damian is an undercover cop. Finding himself  caught, Damian takes out his gun and begins   defending himself against the incoming thugs  using both bullets and martial arts. After   beating up a group that attacks him together,  Damian steps back and doesn't see a car coming,   so he's hit rather badly. Fortunately he's sore  but still conscious and he goes after the boss to   arrest him only to hear that when the gang learned  about Damian's true identity, they also learned   about the existence of his wife. Terrified of  the implication, Damian rushes back to his house,   but it's already too late: his wife is dead.  Years later, Szymon is starting another class   at the local school when he notices a student  is missing for the second time in a row.

The   other teens explain this boy has fallen victim to  addiction and Emilia, who used to be addicted too,   tried to make him see reason but she was ignored.  At that moment, Szymon's son Kamil gets a call   from the missing boy's mother, sadly informing  him that the student has been found dead. This   isn't the first time this has happened in this  school, the institution has a serious problem with   illegal merch being sold on its premises. Tired  of losing students to addiction, Szymon calls his   best friend Damian to get his help, but Damian  lets the voicemail pick up the message because   he isn't doing so well himself. Since he lost his  wife, he started to depend on alcohol too much and   he got fired from the police force, nowadays he's  nothing but a drunkard.

However when night falls,   Damian decides to get himself together and pay  Szymon a visit to hear him out. Szymon tells him   all about the problems the school is going through  while Kamil overhears from the hallway, but Damian   refuses to help, explaining he can't even help  himself. Afterward, Damian goes to a store to buy   more alcohol, where three thugs try to steal  his waller. Damian first asks for it calmly,   but since they don't take him seriously, he  immediately beats them up by grabbing things from   around the store. Another shopper is annoyed by  the commotion and gives Damian a bottle of whisky   just to get him to leave quickly. Meanwhile Szymon  visits a warehouse at an address he heard one of   the kids mentioning, but as soon as he reaches the  door, he's caught red-handed. The next morning,   Damian wakes up to see devastating news on the tv:  Szymon was found dead in the warehouse.

 Because   of the position he was found in, the police are  saying he was the one behind the operation and   that he finished things himself because he felt  guilty over the loss of his student. Damian can   tell his friend is being framed, so he goes to  Szymon's house to investigate, ignoring all the reporters on the street. He gets to enter because  he still has a few buddies in the force, and gets   to comfort Szymon's wife, assuring her that she's  right to think her husband was framed. When a detective makes fun of Kamil for having a criminal  dad, Kamil tries to attack him, thus Damian has to cut in and explain he's just a teenager in shock  to save him from getting arrested. Sometime later, Damian decides he must clean his best friend's  name and gets in contact with a shady friend to acquire fake papers. Then he goes to the school  and pretends to be a teacher that has come for an interview to take Szymon's position, which begins  rather awkwardly when the secretary warns him not to apply because the school's too dangerous.

 Their  conversation is interrupted by Principal Leszek, who hires Damian because he's the only applicant,  and promises he'll be safe because he's hired a security team. He also calls for his deputy Agata,  who will be in charge to show Damian around the  place when he starts to work tomorrow. The next  day, Damian arrives at the school and sees Jaro  take some flowers from the memorial for the dead  student, so he tries to make him put them back. Jaro doesn't take this well and calls for his gang  buddy Mammoth to beat Damian up, but Mammoth is still a shy boy under social pressure and barely  moves at all. Before things get to escalate,  security leader Chmielski shows up with his men and sends the teens to the principal's   office. He wants to confront Damian as well, but Agata soon comes to his rescue and explains he's   the new teacher.

 Afterward, Agata shows him  around and introduces him to their coworkers,   including chemistry teacher Stefan, before taking  him to meet his class, although Kamil isn't coming back to school yet because he'll need some  time to grieve. The class is rather rowdy,   but Damian immediately puts them in their place  by taking a student's phone and not falling for   their taunts. One teen isn't as obedient though:  Frogface keeps bothering a classmate and ignoring   Damian's warnings until Damian has no choice but  to kick him out. Frogface refuses to go, so Agata   sends Chmielski to escort him away. On his way  out, Frogface threatens to meet Agata later.   At the end of the day, Agata's at the parking lot  when she's suddenly approached by Frogface and his   gang buddies, who have stolen her car keys and now  catch her with the intention of getting revenge. 

Nearby, Damian discovers someone has slashed  his tires, and another teacher offers to take   him home. As soon as they enter the parking lot,  they see Agata in danger, and Damian comes to her   rescue, easily beating all the thugs up even  if one of them has a weapon. Damian does end   up with a wound on his hand, but it's nowhere  near enough to stop him, and Frogface runs away   in fear. Agata takes Damian back into the school  to bandage his hand and ask about his past, so   to avoid answering questions, Damian teaches her  how to defend herself when a criminal grabs her.   Meanwhile the thugs take Frogface to see Jaro, who  is one of the many people that sell illegal merch   at school under the orders of a mysterious man  in a bike. When the guy comes closer and takes   off his helmet, he reveals to be Chmielski, whose  security company is an excuse to have his men on   campus.

 Both Jaro and Chmielski are angry because  Frogface owes them money and got into trouble for   wanting to get back at Agata, meaning a beating  is in order. Jaro asks Mammoth to do it so he can   finally get over his shyness and truly be part of  the gang, which he's only joining because he wants   to belong somewhere. The next morning, Damian  arrives at school to see his car being towed.   In the teacher's room, everyone is looking at the  security cameras, celebrating Damian's victory,   and Leszer explains he is paying for the towing  and new tires as thanks. Chmielski's suspicious   of Damian being such a great fighter, but Damian  sticks to his story of just being a teacher.   Afterward, Damian goes to the classroom only to  discover the security footage has leaked and now   all the students are watching it too. They're  super excited to have him as a teacher and keep   showering him with questions, including asking  for tips to defend themselves.

 Damian finds the   idea amusing and takes the class to the gym,  offering a deal: if they can beat him, there   won't be a final exam. Obviously they don't get  to land even one hit, but at least they have fun,   and during the encounter, Damian notices Kamil  comes to watch only to leave when he realizes   who the teacher is. Damian follows Kamil to the  changing room to explain he's here to find clues   and prove Szymon's innocent, but Kamil reacts by  jumping on him, furious because Damian didn't help   his father when he needed him the most. To Kamil's  surprise, Damian agrees and explains he feels   responsible for Szymon's death. It may be too late  to save him, but he wants to save the students,   and this makes Kamil accept to keep the secret.  At the end of the day, Damian's car is back in   perfect condition, and he asks Agata to go out for  a drink. They have lots of fun together at a bar,   but things get tense when Damian notices some  men throwing slurs at two girls in love.

 Damian   comes in their defense, and when the men don't  back off, another fight starts. Since these   guys are so drunk, Damian plays around with them  instead of beating them quickly, putting a smile   on Agata's face. Afterward, Agata invites Damian  to her place, where they arrive already sharing   kisses. When Agata goes to the kitchen to get  some wine, Damian's suddenly smacked by a wave   of memories of his wife, showing the sweet moments  and the disturbing end. Damian decides he can't do   this now and gets out without saying a word,  leaving Agata to reach the worst conclusions.   On his way home, Damian sees Mammoth selling the  merch and takes the chance to scold him for it,   reminding him he has a brain and doesn't belong  in a gang.

Damian also tries to get some intel,   but Mammoth explains he can't say anything  before running away. Sometime later at school,   Emilia sees one of her friends buying merch too  and tries to warn her against it because she knows   how bad it can be. Jaro immediately interrupts the  conversation and sends his guys to grab Emilia,   prompting Kamil to come to save her. Unfortunately  he doesn't know how to fight and the gang members   quickly beat him up, then Jaro uses him as  an example of what will happen to anyone that   dares to intervene in the future. When Damian  arrives at the school, Agata treats him with   cold professionalism instead of the camaraderie  from last night. Once class starts, Damian finds   Kamil's face all black-and-blue, but the teen only  says he fell, and nobody dares to snitch on Jaro.  

 Damian scolds them for not defending themselves,  but the students remind him they don't know how.   Determined to help them, Damian invites the group  to come to his old dojo after class. The place   is in serious need of renovations and that almost  makes the students want to quit, but Kamil offers   his support and that inspires everyone to stay.  With everyone's help, the dojo gets cleaned in   just a couple of days, and Damian puts extra  effort into teaching everyone his best moves,   being delighted to see how quickly they learn. At  school, he continues to teach History and tries   to connect with Agata, but she still treats him  like a coworker and refuses to hang out. In his   free time, Damian follows some of the gang members  to see where they leave their merch and gets the   chance to call the police on them, now all that  merch is confiscated by the law.

 Damian feels   rather pleased with himself for this achievement,  but he's not aware of Chmielski keeping an eye   on him as well. During the next gang party, Jaro  and the others agree they must do something about   Damian. Sometime later, after the latest training  session is over, Damian stays in the dojo to train   by himself when he's suddenly approached by a  bunch of men wearing ski masks. They're armed   with sticks and better fighters than the average  street thug, but Damian still manages to beat them   all with his mighty skills, although he's sore  and bleeding by the end. The next morning at   the school, Damian notices Chmielski's security  team displaying some serious wounds and finally   understands they're part of the gang, but for now  Damian only teases Chmielski without showing off   his hand. Chmielski is furious that they're being  played with this easily, but Jaro promises he   has an idea to take care of it. After class, Jaro  and the gang pay a visit to Emilia's dad with the   excuse they want to fix an old watch, which they  took from Szymon's the night he was killed.

The   poor man doesn't want any trouble and asks them  to leave, but when Jaro is about to get violent,   Emilia shows up. After sending her father to  the other room, she confronts Jaro, who grabs   her by the hair and demands she collaborate if  she doesn't want to lose her dad. The next day,   Damian arrives at the school to find everyone in  a very dark mood. Emilia has accused him of taking   advantage of her in the dojo, and now Leszer is  firing him. Agata and the students don't trust him   anymore, and as the security team escorts Damian  out of the building, Kamil comes after him to insult him for having tricked him into believing  he was a good guy. Damian doesn't reply because he knows his word won't be believed. Meanwhile  Emilia's so overwhelmed with guilt that she falls back into her old addiction. In the evening,  Damian pays her a visit to try to understand what   happened, and Emilia explains the threat against  her dad.

 Damian feels guilty about this too and   takes the merch away from her, but before he can  do more, Emilia's dad shows up and kicks Damian   out. Afterward, Damian visits Frogface at the  hospital to try to get him to talk, convincing him   to collaborate by showing him his own reflection,  which means he's already been abandoned by his   gang. In the end, Frogface confesses they don't  bring the merch into the school from outside, they   make it inside the school's labs. Damian rushes  to see Agata, intending to share this huge clue,   but Agata still doesn't want anything to do with  him and kicks him out. While she turns around to   call the police, Damian steals her school keys  since she has access to the whole building. At   the school, Damian finds the security guards are  still around and has to sneak around carefully,   hiding in a closet when necessary to avoid  being seen.

Once the guards are out of the way,   he sneaks into the chemistry lab, where he finds  proof that the merch is being made there. Suddenly   Damian hears some steps and hides just in time to  see Stefan coming in, because it turns out he's   the one in charge of cooking. Fortunately Stefan  leaves quickly to help the security men load the   van, and Damian gets to take a few pictures of  what's going on before he gets into his car and   follows the van. By the time Damian makes it to  the warehouse, the van has already been emptied   and he gets attacked by the security team, but he  easily beats them up by stealing their own taser   and using it against them. Afterward, he calls  Agata and leaves her a message in her voicemail   explaining everything. The next day, Damian  presents the pictures to Agata and Leszer,   who points out that the pictures are blurry and  not good evidence

. This is the reason why Damian   didn't go to the police. When Leszer calls Stefan  and Chmielski to check, Stefan just says he worked   late on an experiment for class and the security  team helped him clean up. Chmielski insists Szymon   was the real dealer and Damian falls for the bait,  but the guards stop him before he can get violent.   Damian is kicked out, but Agata stays suspicious,  so she goes to see Emilia, whose guilt makes her   confess everything. Later, Damian gets access to  the school security cameras and discovers they   deleted all the footage of the merch being moved.  Feeling like he's losing control of the case,   Damian begins drinking, and only stops when Agata  comes by to apologize for not believing him.   Damian finally shares his whole story with her and  Agata kisses him to comfort him before agreeing to   help. Then the duo visits Stefan to demand some  answers, but Stefan doesn't give them any names,   he only explains he's cooking for a gang because  they threatened with killing his wife. Suddenly,   Chmielski shows up on his bike and shoots  Stefan, but he only gives Damian a dirty   look before driving away. The next day at school,  Leszek asks Agata to clean Stefan's locker while   he has a meeting with Emilia, who has come to  confess. In Stefan's locker, Agata's shocked   to find a hidden notebook with notes about the  merch and keeps it for herself.

 A few hours later,   Kamil and the other students go to the dojo to  apologize to Damian because Emilia told them the   truth. The happy reunion's suddenly interrupted by  a call from Agata, informing them that Emilia was   attacked and now she's in a coma. When the group  makes it to the hospital, Agata shows Damian the   notebook, which includes a map of the warehouse  and where to find the hidden merch. Later in the   evening, Damian makes his way to the warehouse,  unaware that Chmielski is still keeping an eye   on him. When he arrives, Damian immediately knocks  out the first guard he sees then turns around to   be startled by Agata, who has come to help. With  the map from the notebook, they easily find the   merch, but soon they find themselves surrounded by  Chmielski, Jaro, the gang, and one huge surprise:   the actual leader behind the operation is Leszek,  who has given up on the current generation because   they don't care about their studies.

Leszek  taunts Damian by showing him Szymon's watch,   but the conversation is interrupted by Mammoth,  who has seen the error of his way and brought the   whole class with him. A fight between both teams  begins then, and Damian watches with pride how   his students beat up the gang, including Jaro.  Chmielski is running away so Damian goes after   him, starting a fight with both of them armed.  Damian's winning so Chmielski decides to rip some   wires from the wall to try to electrocute him, but  Damian disarms him with a kick.

When Kamil shows   up and distracts Chmielski, Damian pushes him  against the wires and electrocutes him to death.   Afterward, they go looking for Agata, who has been  captured by Leszek. The principal has a gun out,   but Damian doesn't care and hits him anyway,  instantly releasing Agata. As soon as they   turn around, Leszek shows he's still conscious  and takes out another gun from his sock, but   before he can shoot, Kamil releases a container  of toys on top of him, now getting him for good.   Damian uses the chance to recover Szymon's watch  and hands it to Kamil as a memory of his father   while they watch the police and the ambulances  arrive to take care of all the young heroes.

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