Episode 4 Nowhere Boys

It looks like Andy was using magic he didn't understand

and couldn't control.

Felix here and his friends chased him into the bush.

What do you expect us to think?

If you have any information, please contact the police.

Did you hear? They found Andy in Rochford.

-Someone phoned in a sighting.

-What?

I don't think they think Andy's in Rochford.

If they're not telling us something, we'll have to find out ourselves.

So, no sign of Andy at all? This call was a hoax.

-I could organise a time with the school counsellor.

-Mr North?

Your subconscious spilling the beans is not awesome, Sam.

My office, lesson five.

How did it go with the police, OK?

-I feel your pain.

-Mention it again, you'll feel my fist.

-How did you know about this?

-I just drew what was in my head.

Maybe if I got close to Alice and I made a connection,

I could sense where her book is.

Oscar knows where the book is and Alice does, too.

Alice beat us to it.

Now, this is bad.

Really, really bad.

Well, at least we know Oscar's power works.

Not that it helped.

Any chance of us getting Andy back disappeared with that book.

Then we have to get creative.

We got creative. We created a water demon, remember?

If we had a real water element, we could do a tracking spell.

One snag with that, hombre.

Our water element got vacuumed up into the sky, remember?

We could find someone else.

What, there's another water element?

Possibly.

You weren't the only ones with potential.

I thought we were special.

You'll always be special to me, Sam.

Well, if there is another

slightly less awesome water element out there, how do we find it?

-Roland!

-Roland's a water element?

Whoa.

Let's bail.

He'll find us sooner or later.

DOORBELL RINGS You guys get out of here.

I'll go talk to our friendly detective.

We know it was you, Felix.

We traced the call from the exchange to here.

There's no doubt that it came from this house.

I didn't make any call.

Somebody's got it wrong.

Why would someone make a false statement about a missing person?

Detective, my son just told you he wasn't responsible.

Then who was?

I was just trying to help.

Oh, Felix...

Andy said his family used to go to Rochford when he was a kid -

for holidays. He liked it there because it was away from everything.

And you failed to mention this in your interview because...?

It wasn't until after -

I was thinking about Andy, and it came to me.

You do realise it's an offence

to make a false statement to a police officer?

Please, Detective Murphy.

My son is stressed and he made a mistake.

Hmm.

If there's anything else you've forgotten to tell me,

contact me direct.

I'll make sure he does.

I'll see you out.

Thank you. We'll speak again.

It's all right. I'll tell them it was me.

It's no use both of us being on Roland's hit list.

Felix, up. I'm not finished with you yet.

You've got some explaining to do.

Then I called the police, and told them that I'd seen Andy in Rochford.

But it wasn't true.

-Crazy boy.

-Why would you do that?

Are you some kind of sociopath?

I thought Andy would be coming home.

I'm so sorry. I didn't mean...

Save your apologies for Andy.

The first 48 hours are crucial in a missing persons case,

and your lie just wasted heaps of them.

-Viv...

-You should listen to your daughter.

-Mum...

Michael, Nicole, Lily -

if we can help in any way, you just let us know, OK?

Mrs Lau, Andy will be OK, I know it.

Password, of course.

Why would you make this easy(?)

Bear Grylls...

-ERROR BEEP

-Hmm.

Hmm...

Ninja.

-ERROR BEEP

-No need to rub it in.

1.618.

The golden ratio that appears in all forms of nature and science.

Such a nerd!

Now, what have you been up to?

What?

Magic?

No way...

Anything?

Nothing.

I guess it's a lot harder to find Andy than some book.

-Felix...

-What about the other water element?

Do you think you could find that?

I don't hear a lot of sorting going on out there.

Less talking, more sorting, thank you.

You have to hand it to her.

Mum is an expert at cruel and unusual punishment.

I'm never going to get through all of this.

Thank you for covering for me.

I was just trying to buy you more time, but I messed it up, of course.

No, you did help, Osky. You were right about Alice's book.

Just like you were right about the other universe in your comic.

-Yeah, about that. I...

-I'm sorry I had to tear it up.

-You know I had to try, right?

-No. I mean, I know. It's not...

-You could draw another one, maybe.

-Felix!

What I drew in the comic... You said that really happened?

Well, does that mean that in the other universe, I could walk?

I didn't know how to tell you.

Sorry.

But I didn't have a brother?

Well, in this universe...I win.

Where've you been?

Here, working everything out. Grab a brush.

This hard work thing's meant to be good for you.

So's exercise, but I've managed to avoid that.

Why not?

Having something handmade is supposed to bring good energy.

What do you think?

Seems like a lot of effort for good luck.

I just want everything to go well, that's all.

We're a good team.

When we work together.

So, how do we find this water element?

Yeah, what made you choose us for your bizarro magic family?

It wasn't an exact science.

First, I had to establish your elements.

-Earth, fire, air and water?

-Exactly. It's like star signs.

Everyone is born with an elemental nature,

but what I really had to find was four elements with magical potential.

Jake - on the 13th of February, during a daily bullying ritual...

Mikey! Come back! Come on, Mikey!

What are you running for?

Come on, Mike, we're having fun.

Where'd he go?

-That way?

-No.

'I'd been following you for weeks...

'..and then I saw it.'

How did you do that?

I see nerd people.

'I could tell that wasn't just a guess.'

-Lunch!

-LAUGHTER

Sharing's caring, Mikey.

And Sam - without even seeing what was about to happen ...

It was crazy. They were screaming my name.

Sam!

You weren't even looking.

Anyway, where was I?

Which brings us to Andy -

and Bates' once-a-semester mathlympics.

Now, the next to answer correctly will be crowned Champion Mathlete.

-The number that appears in all...

-1.618. The Golden Ratio...

..is the number that appears in all forms of nature and science.

Right, well, yes. That's incredible, Andy.

You win. Well done.

You don't. Sit down.

'I knew Andy was a nerd, but this was different.'

And I was right.

You all have magical potential.

What about Mike?

He does have a sort of similar intelligence to Andy.

Maximum nerdage.

Dylan? He's a master of water bombs.

I once saw him hit someone through the window of a moving bus.

It's a long shot, but...

Lachlan?

No, not him.

Can't get much closer to water than captain of the swim team.

Now, we test them.

Hello.

Hi.

Behind you.

Good catch.

Thanks for the heads up.

You're welcome.

So, um...

Are you new?

Come on, Jake!

Do I need to remind you we're in the middle of something?

-Who was that?

-Come on!

I'm sure Lachlan came through here.

-SAM GASPS

-The shrink!

Boys.

You can come out now.

Can you make a spell that makes me immune to hypnotism?

You don't need magic, just mind power.

That's what I'm afraid of.

Just focus all your energy on the one thing. Fortify the mind.

Hey, it's Lachlan.

Ah.

Perfect timing, gentlemen.

We were about to search your lockers.

Oh, don't worry.

If you've nothing to hide, there's nothing to worry about.

Is there?

Well, Detective, I'm sure there won't be. Boys?

What, don't they feed you at home, kid?

I have an uber-high metabolism. It's a condition.

FLY BUZZES

This is a locker, Jake, not a dirty clothes basket.

Nothing suspicious there.

We want to find Andy as much as anyone.

A rubbish skip seemed an odd place to start.

I don't miss much, Felix.

Long story short,

I'll find out exactly what happened to Andy.

I think I've got everything I need.

I'll catch you boys later.

All right, show's over, everyone.

Listen, none of this can be easy, so if you ever want to talk...

Let me guess - you're "here for me"?

Of course you are(!)

Excuse me, I'm still your teacher, Jake.

Yeah, that's right - and nothing more.

Move along.

Sorry about the, er... about the smell.

DEODORANT HISSES

I don't like to wash my socks after a footy win - for luck.

Does it work?

I'm the best kick on the team.

You're not too bad yourself, from what I saw.

Really?

Yeah.

FELIX CLEARS HIS THROAT

How long have you creeps been there?

Long enough.

"Best kick on the team", huh?

Shouldn't we be following our water element?

Be quicker if we split up and take one each.

Let's see what we can find, meet up later.

What do you think the cops were looking for?

I don't know.

Those boys know something about what happened to my brother.

What tipped you off? The huge police investigation?

-This is different. I found something.

-OK. Here we are.

Meet me in the library.

Wow, not crazy at all(!)

Mia, Ellen - meet Saskia, Bremin High's newest student.

Ellen, would you mind buddying up for the day,

-showing her the lay of the land, so to speak?

-Newbie baby-sitting?

Kill me now.

Thank you. Knew I could count on you.

Ready.

I know.

This is my excited face(!)

Mike. G'day, mate.

I was just wondering if you knew anything about the Golden...

The what?

You know, that science thing?

Science? You're interested in science? So am I!

-Um, kind of...

-Great!

LAUGHTER

Nice one, Dylan!

Oh! Hey!

Personally, I'm far more interested in the natural sciences.

Much more fascinating than mathematical theories,

-don't you think?

-Oh, yeah.

Oh, have you seen that double rainbow video?

I've seen it like 200 times.

-Seen Dylan?

-Over there.

Where?

Oh, no...

You better run, Dracula. This one's got holy water in it.

Whatever's going on, I'll bet it has something to do with these.

-What are they?

-They're magic websites.

I found them in Andy's internet history.

Andy was always weird, but he wasn't magic-weird.

Are you sure the boys aren't in league with sparkly vampires

and werewolves with amazing abs?

Can you be serious for like, five minutes?

We are talking about magic.

How serious can it be?

So, Felix has been jumpy and secretive since he came back.

He's always been jumpy and secretive.

He wouldn't hide something that would help find Andy.

Hey...

..is this really what I look like?

That's actually a good ID photo. You look really pretty.

You think so?

You should borrow some books.

Go forth and feast on knowledge.

OK. Thanks.

If you're so sure they've got nothing to hide,

then why don't you ask them about these?

Magic? No way. None of us know anything about magic, at all.

-Except for Felix.

-Well, yeah.

-And maybe Andy?

-I guess.

-Probably Jake too.

-A little bit.

So, you've gone from swearing that none of you

know anything about magic, to admitting that all of you do.

I did?

You creep around with Sam and Jake like the demented Three Musketeers

and you're being investigated by the police,

but everyone else is crazy and there's nothing going on?

-When you put it like that, it sounds ...

-Delusional?

Is there anything that you want to tell me?

Why does everyone keep asking me that?

When did I become "everyone"?

You want to know something I haven't told you? Fine.

-When I was lost in the forest, I thought about you.

-Whatever.

What kind of things?

I don't know. How much you hate boy bands.

How you paint your little fingernail a different colour.

How you keep wearing that bracelet we bought together,

even though you've had to fix it like, six times.

But it's all been so crazy with Andy gone,

it doesn't seem right to focus on anything else,

even if it is important to me.

Sorry. Hopeless at this.

Yeah, terrible(!)

-Come here.

-I'll be right back.

Dude, Mike is a total bust.

I think I should follow one of the others.

Look, babe... All this magic stuff,

it's not what you think. I saw this shrink,

and he says that when I talk about magic,

it's just me trying to cover up trauma, or something.

Like, my brain doesn't want me to remember me being lost.

I wouldn't lie to you.

Then why didn't you tell me?

Just didn't want you to worry.

TEXT ALERT

There seem to be a lot of things

that you don't want me to worry about.

I just remembered that I have to be somewhere.

Mia...

Always in the last place I look.

Great news. Your mum's really keen for us to get started,

-so may as well kick off.

-Why not? My day's already going so well(!)

This could form a major part of the police investigation.

No way. We are not dobbing them in to the cops.

You'd rather they get away with it?

With what? They may have lied, but they're not criminals.

I think this is the part where you're meant to back me up.

What if they're into something that they can't get out of?

The police might be able to help.

Like the detective said,

if they've got nothing to hide, then they have nothing to worry about.

Why don't you let us find out what's going on?

If it really is something bad, then you can go to the cops

-and we'll come with you.

-We will?

The police have already tried asking straight out.

We would be a little more subtle.

OK, so...close your eyes.

We're going to get into the zone.

So, I want you to just listen to the sound of my voice.

I'm going to count slowly backwards from five.

Five...

-Focus the mind.

-..four...

Focus the mind.

..three...

Focus the mind...

Let your breathing become slower and steadier as you relax.

Two...

-Focus...

-..and...one.

OK.

So, we're now back in the forest.

Dappled light coming in through the leaves, the big green trees

and the soft undergrowth.

Can you see the forest?

-Yeah.

-Good.

OK, so what do you remember of your time there?

I...ate scrambled eggs.

Nice work.

What else do you remember?

I ate...mouldy doughnuts from a bin.

Right, go on.

I ate pig trotters.

They were pretty good.

I ate a whole table of Chinese food.

OK, can you remember anything other than food?

Yes.

Good.

Jake's porridge.

That wasn't food.

Best friends since primary school

and now, I'm supposed to be spying on him.

It was your idea.

I had to stop Viv going to the cops somehow.

Why? Why is any of this even our problem?

I don't even know how I feel about Sam any more.

Trouble in perfect couple land?

I just feel like since Sam's come back, he's a different person.

I just...

I don't even know if I can trust him at all.

There's something I have to do. I'll see you later.

-Sam.

-Mia, hey.

Want some?

I ate heaps for lunch and now I'm starving. It's weird.

Can we talk?

I thought we talked already?

Just tell me the truth.

Right now.

-About what?

-You know what.

About what happened to you, what happened to Andy -

why you keep running off with Jake and Felix.

Either you tell me now, or...

Or what?

..Or I don't think we can be together any more.

Well?

There's nothing going on.

OK, Sam - if that's how you want it to be.

Mia!

Bye, Sam.

How did it go with Lachlan?

That shrink got me.

-And you spilled your guts?

-No.

My mind's a fortress, but my heart...

It's a whole other story.

Mia...

Mia dumped me.

We all kind of saw that coming.

-Harsh, Felix.

-Sorry.

I see the search for the water element was an epic fail.

-Boys!

-THEY YELP

Incoming!

How are you doing that?

I don't know. I tried to catch it.

Magical potential.

More like magic. She controlled water.

It's OK. You're the one we're looking for.

Look.

What are they doing with her?

A girl like Saskia shouldn't have that much magical power.

-What, more than you?

-More than any of us.

I have to tell you something in private.

Don't hate me.

Maybe Viv's right. Maybe this needs to be a police thing now.

Ready to reconstruct the scene of Andy's disappearance?

If you want to charge us, then do it.

Otherwise, we don't have to be here.

People who say that usually have something to hide.

We think Andy might be in the other universe.

You can't be serious.

I've reworked the unmaking spells. We can travel between the universes.

So, about dinner at my place tonight...

-I'm having dinner at your place?

-Yeah, tonight.

JAKE RETCHES

-What's going on?

-This.

Stop! I'm filming everything.

What have you done to Jake?