Ultimatum Wolfblood

She can't touch you on her own. Run. Run!

It's not working.

It's too late for me.

Let me know where to send your stuff from my house.

Wait, do you need somewhere to live?

Have we been handing out freebies?

We're missing six chicken schnitzelburgers.

Sorry, I must have forgot to charge someone. I'll cover it...

No, no way.

My trainee, my responsibility.

No, it's all right.

Keep up the good work.

-SHE MOUTHS

-It's OK.

It won't happen again.

She's honest. That's all that matters.

Oh, we're closed, TJ.

It's all right.

Matei and Emilia's foster parents came round again.

Did your mum change her mind?

No. Look, she wants them sent to Romania, end of.

Do you know where they are?

No.

Anyway, look - she's not going to stop until she finds them.

I've got to get back to work.

Thanks for letting me know.

Any leftovers you don't want?

Bye, TJ.

Going to the shops. Want anything?

Nah, I'm all right.

JANA SNIFFS

# My heart still beats

# And my skin still feels

# My lungs still breathe

# My mind still fears

# But we're running out of time

# There is nowhere for you to hide

# The hunter's moon is shining

# I'm running with the wolves tonight

# I'm running with the wolves

# I'm running with the... #

WOLF HOWLS

TJ SNIFFS

You took your time.

Fire doesn't just burn.

TJ tried following me.

Why don't you just tell him where we are?

Because I don't want him to have to choose between you and his mum.

Guys, I'm sorry.

Imara's not going to let you go home.

-You said she'd change her mind.

-I'm sorry.

We can't stay underground for ever.

I've got friends in Stoneybridge - Ceri and Gerwyn. They're Wolfbloods.

They can hide you.

It's just until we figure out what to do next.

Can we wolf out there?

-Easier than here.

-It's not our home.

You need a home. We both do.

We'll find one.

But I can't just spring you on Ceri and Gerwyn

in the middle of the night, so get some sleep.

I'll be back at first light.

We can go then.

Where were you?

Out with a couple of mates from school, Mum.

Sorry I'm late.

There's some dinner in the kitchen, if you want it.

Nah. Think I'm just going to, um...

Sleep well.

SHE MUMBLES

Why do you hate us so much?

Why?

Why?

Why?

CRASH OUTSIDE

What was that?

CLATTER

GLASS SHATTERS

Did you lock the door?

Hello? Is this the 999?

Yeah. Police, yeah.

Should we order some firemen, too?

JANA SNIFFS

Jana!

Please hold the line.

THEY SCREAM

I've called the police!

That's raw.

It's all right, Katrina. It's just a friend.

Aran, what are you doing here?

Sorry, false alarm.

Meinir?

Thanks, Katrina. You go to bed, we can handle this.

Are you sure?

MEINIR COUGHS

Why was she so green?

It's a girl thing.

MEINIR SPLUTTERS What's wrong with her?

It's like the wild was making her sick.

Alric told me to bring her here.

He said you would know what to do with her.

Where is she?

Maybe something happened.

She's displaying all the symptoms of pneumonia.

What is...pneumonia?

A respiratory infection.

A sickness in her lungs.

Will she be OK?

Your wolf cells strengthen your immune system.

Kincaid's serum destroyed Meinir's.

Killing her wolf wasn't enough?

I can stabilise her, but we need to get her to Segolia.

-Then do it.

-You need to see Imara first.

-Why?

-Because she's asked you to.

I had to tell her, Jana.

MEINIR SPLUTTERS

I'm sorry to hear your friend is so unwell.

What happened to her was truly barbaric.

Tell me what you need.

The big lab. We need the space.

I also need to do full bloods urgently,

so the haematology lab should be on standby.

OK, I'll have that arranged.

But first...

Matei and Emilia.

You know where they are.

No. I don't.

You won't protect them by lying.

I'm not lying.

They will be safer in Romania, with their family.

The family they want to be with is here.

It's not about what they want.

Your setting them loose has put them and us in serious danger.

-Matei and Emilia aren't dangerous.

-They have no control.

Humans have seen wolves running in the streets, and that is dangerous.

If you want me to help Meinir...

..help me to help Matei and Emilia.

Let me...

Let me take them somewhere else.

Close to home.

Don't send them away.

Please.

Please?

How can you take them anywhere when you don't know where they are?

Bring me Matei and Emilia...

..and Doctor Whitewood can bring Meinir to Segolia.

Where?

Where we last met.

Where you told them to run.

Meet me there at eight o'clock.

Two hours, Jana.

Jana.

One day, you'll understand why this had to be done.

Jana, I'm so sorry!

Matei? Emilia?

PHONE RINGS

-Yeah?

-Where are you?

I'm sorry, I'll be... I have to...

Some more of your friends are here,

they said something about meeting you.

-What friends?

-You know, that girl and her fit brother.

I thought you were into TJ.

Anyway, they said something about them meeting you here.

-LINE GOES DEAD

-You know, because of work, but...

Oh.

Oh, no - that's fine, Jana. You're welcome(!)

Yeah, no, I'll just do everything, that's totally cool. Yeah, great(!)

Awesome.

Emilia.

In the wild...

..that is a mark of honour.

You are a "cerddwyr tan".

A... A what?

A fire walker.

Our pack has a legend.

Thousands of years ago,

a powerful Wolfblood who mastered her fear of...

Morning!

Wow, it's...really dusty in here.

Um, I'll just...

Let me just get that.

So, Jana's on her way.

Can I get anyone anything?

Maybe an aspirin, or...

..a shower?

No, thank you.

OK, cool. Um, yeah...

If anyone needs anything, then I'll just be....

Would they...

..stare at me in the wild?

They would envy you,

cerddwyr tan.

You knew Jana was hiding them.

Why else would you follow her?

You had me followed?

I had to be sure you weren't hiding them yourself.

I'm responsible for this pack, TJ. I have to do whatever is necessary.

Well, it wasn't necessary. I'm your son.

All you had to do was ask.

You've misled me before, particularly when it comes to Jana.

I can't be seen to put pack safety second to your feelings, or hers.

Jana has to learn these are not her decisions to make.

Her disobedience unsettles the pack.

Maybe because she's right.

-I am the Alpha here.

-That's all you care about, isn't it?

Do you get your own caves?

We don't live in caves.

Where do you get your food? Do you hunt?

We have hunters.

-Are you a hunter?

-Emilia, stop it.

What's "Wolfblood" in Wolfblood?

Guys, I'm so sorry.

It's all right. Aran told us.

Is Segolia coming?

Well, not for a couple of hours.

They need time to get things ready.

Thank you, my Alpha.

We should get back to the den.

-I want to stay here.

-Imara will catch our scent.

Matei, Emilia, I...

It's all right. We're good.

We don't need your friends from home now.

When Meinir gets better,

we're going to the wild.

-What?

-Imara won't find them there.

-They'll be safe.

-No, you can't.

It's a family. It's a home.

I... I know, but you...

It's not like we're going to see our foster parents again, is it?

PHONE RINGS

TJ, this isn't a...

Where's Matei and Emilia?

They're here, at the flat.

-Right, have you told them yet?

-No.

Right, well, don't. Don't say anything. I'm on my way.

Oh.

What's going on?

Imara gave me an ultimatum.

I hand over Matei and Emilia,

or Segolia won't help Meinir.

-They need to be told.

-How do I tell them, Aran? I can't!

I feel like I'm betraying them!

I'll never be able to forgive myself.

And I'll never be able to forgive Imara.

Before we left, Alric, our healer Madoc and I made an agreement.

Once Meinir was recovered, she would remain here.

I was not to bring her back to the wild.

She's human now.

The wild is a threat to her.

She'll need Segolia's help. So will you.

You cannot be their enemy.

We can tell Matei and Emilia together.

Wha...?

Matei, wait!

Just in case you hadn't realised, this is a Kafe, not a youth hostel.

And we are open, by the way, just whenever you want to help out.

Yep.

No, wait!

Jana, you can't do this to them.

We can't let Meinir die.

Look, no-one's saying that we should.

TJ, if I go against your mum again, Meinir will pay the price.

-And if you don't?

-Then you can't!

I will not let Meinir die for us.

Look, this isn't about them, or Meinir.

Jana, this is about you and my mum.

-Me?

-Look, she's just trying to make a point.

Why else would she make you bring them in?

What, and from the same place you made them run from before?

This doesn't change anything.

He is trying to influence you.

And what are you trying to do!?

TJ SNARLS

THEY GROWL

Aran...

I won't let you take them.

I will not be an axe over their necks.

If there's a choice to make...

..I will make it.

Meinir, no, don't. Don't, no...

I'd rather leave this world like a Wolfblood

than live in it like a coward.

You'd do the same.

You can't do this for us.

We can go back to Romania.

No, you're part of the pack now.

The pack protects its own.

Your home is here.

Brwydr.

Imara's protecting her pack. I'm protecting ours.

-Stay here, TJ.

-Wait, you're not going to go...

-Stay here!

Wh... Where are you going?

-I can't do this.

-Meinir did this so we could stay.

All of this started because I wolfed out.

No-one else is going to pay the price.

-Not Meinir, and not Jana.

-Emilia!

Wait, where are you going?

Next time, buy something?

WOLFBLOODS GROWL

JANA SNARLS

-Where are they?

-Safe.

Meinir doesn't need your help.

-Not at this cost.

-That's honourable.

She made her choice. I made mine.

It wasn't a choice.

I'm the Alpha here, Jana.

I am an Alpha, too. Matei and Emilia are my pack.

They are protected. You can't touch them.

IMARA SNIFFS

JANA SNIFFS

THEY SNARL

No-one else will die for us.

-What is this?

-Did you think she'd just roll over?

THEY SNARL

I won't let you turn him on me.

I don't need to.

THEY GROWL

Take the cubs!

-Take them!

-Back off!!

If you want me to kneel, you're going to have to make me.

IMARA HOWLS

SNARLING AND GROWLING

WOLVES SNARL AND BARK

Stop it! Stop!

TJ SCREAMS

IMARA WHINES

TJ?

You bit me...

I'm taking you to Segolia.

Meinir first.

And you let Matei and Emilia go back to their foster parents.

And stop chasing them - or I'm gone.

-TJ...

-I swear. If they go, I go.

Jana's turned you into quite the little manipulator.

JANA GROWLS

No, I learned that from my mother.

Your pack,

your responsibility.

This is still my territory. They step out of line once, you pay.

JANA GROWLS

She's going to be OK.

Where are the cubs?

With their foster parents.

And thank you.

You saved my life.

Yeah, I know, right?

I mean, it's... Whatever.

Apart from the years of therapy I'm going to need, after my mum bit me.

Look, I should really go make peace with Hulk-Mum, anyway.

Want to come?

Yeah.

KNOCKS AT DOOR

Hey.

Wow, what's all this?

I thought you deserved something.

How is...?

Well...

..I haven't got rabies.

Please, sit.

Thank you.

And, um...

thanks for changing your mind.

I will not make an enemy of my son.

You know that I could never turn him against you.

I know.

Yeah, don't mind me - I'll just be sitting over here, eating my rib.

We're on the same side.

We want to protect the ones that we love,

and we want to make this place safe for Wolfbloods and humans.

We don't have to be enemies.

I will look after Matei and Emilia.

They will live by your rules.

And if you and Segolia ever need my help, then...

Thank you, Jana.

I haven't come here to make it better.

I've come here to kill it.

JANA GROWLS