Nowhere Boys (2013) s04e02 Episode Script

Secrets, Lies And Parasites

BEN: Two minutes, five seconds.
Best time yet.
That jump - wow! There has to be a reason for us to be the ones with magic, with powers.
Heath Buckland.
Zara Bello.
Yourtutor? Your Mum did tell you about me, right? You'll need a consent form signed by a parent.
Wow, we could make state.
Incredible.
337 hits.
You're actually a good songwriter.
Thanks, Heath.
(STRANGE HISSING) BEN: Could have just been a bad dream.
Ben had a premonition.
Think it was some kind of attack.
They certainly felt hostile.
Run! It's just like training, OK? Luke! Protection spell now! OTHERS: Aid in my quest, I call you forth! Just another sleepy Monday in Bremin, then.
Well, that was more after-school drama than I care for.
Soblack snaky things.
That's new.
HEATH: Yeah, what do they want? They seemed pretty excited about attacking me.
No, they attacked all of us, except Ben.
But don't take it personally.
Now do you all get it? This is the exactly the type of threat I was talking about.
What do you mean? We just smashed them.
Um, what if there's more? Or they come back? I'll start researching.
See if I can find anything.
Yeah, the rest of us can meet at my place.
Can't.
I've got to help cook dinner tonight.
Yeah, I'm out too.
I've got tutoring.
Do any of you take this seriously? Uh, you two are the magic buffs.
You'll figure it out.
Fine.
Lair, first thing tomorrow, then.
Why is it always first thing? Can't it be second thing? (CHUCKLES) (PHONE CHIMES) What? "You suck, gayby!" What is it? Oh, you know how it is.
The fans always want a piece of you.
547 hits.
But who's counting? So not obsessed.
Me obsessed? What about Luke? We did just fight off an attack.
Yeah, no, exactly.
We said, "Go," and it's gone.
(SIGHS) They could be back.
OK, if one pops up, we hit it with the protection spell.
How long do you expect that to work? Mm-mm! I've gotta go.
Yeah, someone has to study.
Study's my new thing.
Who knows, I might even open the book this time.
That new tutor must be working.
Zara says she has strategies for my dyslexia.
Yeah, it's all about her strategies.
Shut up.
It is.
See you.
What is with her? Seriously? I mean, study all you like, but you're still as dumb as my Year 7 wardrobe.
(PHONE CHIMES) My face? What's up? Nothing.
It's obviously something.
Price of fame.
Am I supposed to keep asking, or can I go now, 'cause I really have to No, no - study.
Yeah.
Yeah, I have Yeah.
Good talk.
NICCO: Hello! Ah, good.
You're home.
You can start on the potatoes.
Form for you to sign.
What is it? Trying out for the state team.
Oh.
When did this happen? Um, well the coach thinks I've got a good shot at making it.
Oh, I'm sure you do, but But what? You know, I don't need to tell you that Year 11 requires a lot more focus.
Is this the right time to be taking this on? It'll be fine.
I can handle it.
Here.
Well, just leave it there.
I'll think about it.
I need it signed before training.
Well, I'll talk to your father about it.
When? When he gets home.
And when will that be? Well, your guess is as good as mine.
He's never home.
Nicco! Fine.
Zara.
You're way early.
Did I get the time wrong? I thought it might be nice for Zara to join us for dinner.
And what did Zara think? She's been polite enough to play along.
Well, yes - that's because my mum raised me well.
(CHUCKLES) Uhlooksinteresting.
Welcome to the dark side.
I wish I could have protected you from what's about to happen.
Heath, I need some help.
What are you doing? I'm setting the table.
Why? It's not Christmas.
Because we've got company.
Yeah, my tutor.
Don't you like her? Mum! Look, we'll just have a nice dinner and get to know each other, and thenI'll get out of your hair and the two of you canstudy.
OK, now you're sort of weirding me out.
Oh, it's not weird.
I'm taking an interest.
Sorry, I was looking for salt? We've only got chicken salt.
Oh, but there's no actual chicken in it.
Heath told me that you're a vegetarian.
He did? Mmm.
Your mum's nice.
Is she? Well, she's a terrible cook, but she's really nice.
Mmm, most mums, you taste the love in their cooking.
My mum, you just taste whatever got burnt at the bottom of the pot.
(LAUGHS) That's what it was? I'll remember that for next time.
Next time? Let's get started.
JESSE: "You look like your face caught fire, "then someone put it out with a fork.
" Oh, well - haters gonna hate.
Can you please not quote Taylor to me? This is a disaster and I'm not gonna shake it off.
Oh, great, now I have an earworm.
Thanks! Well, what are a few bad comments when you've got, what, a bazillion positive ones? Still thirty people who hate me.
They don't matter.
Ignore them.
Easy to say.
And to do.
Come on, turn it off.
Dinner's nearly ready.
Come on.
(PHONE CHIMES) And maybe you should consider going offline for a bit.
"What a hack.
" Jesse, put it down! There's zero about dark snake-like things.
Have you heard of nematodes? Nema-what? Todes.
It's a kind of parasite.
There are over 5,000 different species.
So that's what attacked us? No.
Actual nematodes are tiny.
A few millimetres long at best.
What we saw was more like a, umlike a paranormal nematode.
OK But it behaved like a nematode.
You saw how it seemed to feed on magic.
It's definitely a parasite.
It did only attack us whenever we used our powers.
Which means We don't use our powers until we figure this out.
Yeah.
I'll text the others.
(ECHOING HISS) (HISS) (ECHOING HISS) (FAINT RUSTLING) (ECHOING HISS) (CRUNCHES, SCREECHES) (GASPS, EXHALES) (PANTS) QUINN: Hey, get up! Jesse, come on! Jesse! Didn't your alarm go off? No.
Uh I've got an early Pilates class, OK? So if you want a lift, I'm leaving in five minutes.
Yeah, I'm up! I will not let negativity control my life.
I will live the life that I can imagine.
Be positive and positivity will flow.
And I will not look at my phone.
Nup, not even a peek.
Positive Jesse wins the day.
Four minutes! OK! OK! Jeez! ANNA: Do you know anything about this? NICCO: About what? Somebody left the freezer open.
It wasn't me.
I'm not the one who sneaks ice-cream in the middle of the night.
Half this food is going to go off.
Um, you didn't sign it? We haven't talked about it yet.
Your father's in the shower.
Well, I have to go.
I'm late.
Well, what time is it? Tryouts are now.
Oh.
You didn't mention that.
This is important.
It's the state team.
Does that mean you'd move out? We'll look at the form tonight.
So I could have your room.
You know what football means to me.
Oh, I get it.
But this is a big commitment, OK? Remember what happened last year when you put yourself under pressure? Oh, are you ever going to forget about that? It's just Niccolina.
If I get in, we can think about it then, OK? I will not be pressured into this.
But if you just We'll discuss this tonight.
Fine! Thanks a bunch! JESSE: I thought you were in a hurry! (MUSIC PLAYING FAINTLY THROUGH HEADPHONES) Oh, where's the product when you need it? Sorry! Sorry, wrong leggings.
Pilates is all about the activewear.
Thank you.
I can No.
Sorry, not gonna happen.
Hey, Quinn, can you let me drive just, like, once? Not in this car, buddy.
Hey, you knowyou know, if Mum and Dad were here, they'd let me.
I'm a good driver.
Couldn't we have met in the quad at lunch like normal people? LUKE: Where's Nicco? I want to say she's not an early morning person, but she totally is.
I had a dream last night.
More of a vision, I think.
Why didn't you tell me? I wasn't sure.
Was it a nematode? A what? A nematode.
We all have bad dreams.
Mine usually involves a zombie pelican.
It's a lot more frightening than it sounds.
I saw the nematode.
And it felt real.
And it was much, much bigger.
It works like a parasite.
It feeds on magic.
So the message for us not to use our powers, that was because of a dream? What message? I texted you last night.
Sorry.
I needed a little tech detox.
I'll turn this on, yeah? (PHONE CHIMES REPEATEDLY) Sorry.
Up to date now.
All good.
Tell me you didn't.
Just a little bit.
II had a hairtastrophe.
(SCOFFS) You had a what? Yes, but nothing happened.
So I'm sorry, your theory is a bust.
There wasn't a nema Tode! Yeah, that - in sight.
Jesse.
No powers, got it.
And you all have to be ready with the protection spell, just in case.
Which we can't do without Nicco.
I'm on it.
This morning's all about who stays and who goes.
So the most important question is are you ready to be the best? GIRLS: Yes! I said, are you ready? Yes! Good! Warm-up lap around the oval.
Let's go.
Nicco, stop.
I need your consent form.
No form, no tryout.
Can't I just give Uh, are you serious about this or not? It's in my bag.
Well, go get it.
Come on, Nicco - what's the delay? OK, good.
Go! Thanks, Kayla.
And Heath says hi.
No, I don't.
Nicco's at training.
Since when did she start having morning training? Since when did you know her schedule off by heart? (PHONE CHIMES) "Totally lame.
" What are you doing?! Oh, sorry.
I just You need to get it together, Jesse.
Sorry, I forgot.
Oh, great.
Hey, look, it's attracted to the water.
Looks like it's a fan of my moves.
OK, well, keep it busy.
That's it - follow the water.
This will keep it occupied.
(FAINT HISSING) Did you see the latest comments? I'm trying not to look.
Do you hear that? Hear what? Never mind.
This is so wrong on so many levels.
You have to reply! What? No, that's the worst thing to do.
Well, we have to stand up to them.
We? It's me they're attacking.
If they attack you, they attack me.
We stand together.
You stand.
I need a good lie-down.
Look, we can't just let them get away with hate speech.
You know, this is the 21st century Just leave it.
Later.
What? Jesse! Ellen! ELLEN: What is this thing? Details now.
It's a paranormal nematode.
Like the parasite? From what we know, they seem to feed on magic.
Ring any bells? I've never seen anything like it.
One attacked us yesterday and another turned up today.
What are they doing at the school? Did they follow you here? HEATH: Someone couldn't help themselves.
One little mistake.
But I'm keeping it busy.
Well, if they feed on magic, it would make sense that they would come to the school.
To get an education? Because of the ley lines.
Ley lines? Ancient lines of magic energy that cross the world.
The ley lines cross at three points in Bremin - the forest, an old warehouse and here at school.
Alright, is that good or bad? The intersections are like magic hotspots.
OK, maybe they draw power from them.
In my vision, the nematode got bigger.
More powerful, like it was evolving.
Then we've got a problem.
This one is at the ,lair right here.
So they're going to keep coming.
What if we stopped them with a binding spell? And then use a banish spell to send them out of the world? And how do we do that? We put two spells together.
Make a bind and banish spell.
Could work.
I think what we need is in here.
JESSE: Can we hurry up? Ah-ha.
That works for me.
Unless anyone else has a better idea.
Just get it out of here before people see it.
You two work on the spell.
The rest of us will get it away from the school.
So much for keeping it busy! I told you to hurry.
Look, OK, let's spread out.
First one to spot it, call the others.
OK, come on.
I'll keep watch.
(PHONE CHIMES) (FAINT HISSING) (FAINT HISSING CONTINUES) (FAINT SCREECHING) (HISSING, THREATENING RUMBLING) (SCREECHING AND HISSING GETS LOUDER) (SCREECHES) (SCREECHES) (SCREECHES) (HISSING) (ALARM BLARES) BATES: Alright, alright, stand back.
Stand back.
BRIANNA: The fire alarm has sounded.
Could everyone please go to the oval? Thanks.
Oh, no.
(ALARM CONTINUES) (ALARM CONTINUES) Mr Bates? Mr Bates? Stay back, Jesse.
Hmm? Ooh! What? But (WHIMPERS) Oh How did this even happen? I only looked away for a minute.
You had one job, Jesse! Bates is going to find everything.
He has all our stuff, all our books.
Not all of them.
Can you make the bind and banish spell from that? Already have.
I'll do some damage control.
Teacher to teacher.
Thanks heaps, Jesse.
NICCO: Nice work.
Do you think it's (GASPS) (CRASH!) .
.
safe to be in here? Maybe we should wait for the fire department.
What is this place? What have people been doing in here? It's probably just a bunch of kids mucking around.
No, this is a secret room where students have been doing who knows what? Whoever's behind this has some serious questions to answer.
Like a dog with a bone.
This is a disaster.
I know, OK? There's still a way out of this.
We draw it to the back of the lair, do the spell there.
Yeah, while everyone's on the oval.
Yep.
(SQUELCH!) (SQUELCH!) Elements in.
The trick is to keep both spells going at the same time.
Are you sure you should be messing with a banish spell? Yeah - again? I'll keep watch.
LUKE: If this doesn't work JESSE: Why so negative? All clear.
OK.
ALL: Elements that knit and bind Hear my will, join different kinds Fire, water, earth and air Together as one Bound and shared.
HEATH: Did anything happen? (SQUELCHING) (FAINT HISSING) Huh? Who's there? I don't think it's ELLEN: Wait - it worked.
(SCREECHING) BEN: What? They've changed? They've brought some friends! Just like the ones in my dream! The binding spell should still work! ALL: Fire, water, earth and air Together as one Bound and shared.
Now part two! Divinity of the elements, come what may Lead you places far away Earth, fire, water, air Banish those who've done me harm From this world, they be gone! Come on, come on, come on! The portal's breaking down.
Hurry! Yeah, why is it doing that? I don't know! Hold on! LUKE: I'm slipping! Luke, the talisman! Ellen, behind you! Oh, no! Look out! (SCREAMS) It's going to drag her in! (GROANS) (GROANS) Ah! Don't let me go! (SCREAMS) (ALL PANT) How can we open a portal if we don't know where she is? Well, we have to do something.
This is my fault.
I put the two spells together, which made the portal malfunction.
BATES: It's the key to what happened to the Bremin Four, I'm sure of it, and to what's happened to Ellen now.
I can prove there's a connection.
It's all there in Felix Ferne's journal.
I've got the tracking spell in the Boss, but the element to element spell is in Felix's Book of Shadows.
What are you doing? LUKE: We .
.
heard everyone talking about it and we just wanted to see it.
Get out.
It's dangerous.
And all this, all this iswell .
.
whatever it actually is.
You were supposed to bring it back.
There was a combined tracking spell in element to element communication.
And where is it? Can you hear me? Ellen! Help me! Help! Open a portal.
What? And get attacked again? What have we been training for? Stop! Stop right there! Captions by Red Bee Media Copyright Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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