Thunderstone Season 2 · Episode 10

The Bad Surprise

15th October 1999 Season 2 Episode 10

Myah instructs her brothers to co-operate fully in the task of converting the Beast into a rain machine. Old rivalry sparked between Lyal and Sundance. Geneva tells Tod of her misgivings about bringing Thunderstone back into their lives. She's seen how harmful the valuable material can be when it falls into the wrong hands. Noah, working under immense pressure, finally finishes converting the Beast. The Nomads and the Family pile into the vehicle and Noah transports them back in time, to the Valley of Chazon. While the whole party is busy manoeuvering the Cube onto the Beast's roof, the brakes give away. Geneva is trapped in the ca and the Beast picks up speed and hurtles towards a cliff. She refuses to jump to safety and abandon the Thunderstone cube upon which the future of Haven rests. With quick thinking and courage she manages to avert disaster. The Beast, with the Cube secured on its roof, is white-lighted back to Razorback Ridge in Haven. At Noah's command a great blue beam is thrown to the heavens. Clouds roll into the sky and amidst crashes of thunder and swirling winds, the rain begins. A lyrical montage shows us the animals relief, waterholes starting to fill and water trickling into dry creek beds. Back in North Col, Becky and her parents are concerned. Structural damage is worsening but Syndia persists with the cover up. Liz plans to confront her at the next triumvirate meeting. At the compound, Noah and the Nomads fall contentedly asleep. listening to the raindrops on the roof. But up on the Ridge, the family are silently taking possessing of the Beast. Rorden struggles to activate the machine — but why? The next morning Arushka and Noah are out with Moshi, inspecting the relief on the land and animals when Moshie is spooked by Rorden, Lyal and Tod. As Arushka pursues the horse, Noah is Noah is taken prisoner. Myah is waiting in the Beast and delivers Noah an ultimatum — he will take them to the Silver City in the year 2235.

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Season 2 · Episode 11

Evacuation

Myah tells Noah the truth. She and her brothers stole the precious Thunderstone Cube from the Silver City. As punishment they were banished through time forever. But they secretly rigged the banishment program so it would send them to the very same place and time as the Thunderstone Cube — Haven. Noah realises he's been tricked into furthering the Family's evil master plan. The Beast is now a super weapon, able to rain down destruction anywhere, starting with the Silver City. And since Rorden cant work it, they'll take Noah, by force. The disintegration of North Col is now obvious. Syndia proposes evacuation but Becky and her parents know nobody can survive in the snow. Maybe Noah will have a solution… The Nomads besiege the Beast and after a struggle recapture it. Becky arrives in the middle of the fight to tell Noah of North Col's plight. With the Nomads safely inside, he whites the Beast out, leaving Myah frustrated. Noah and the Nomads arrive to witness the total collapse of the Mall and the destruction of the holodeck. On the snowfields above, Noah angles the Beast's beam downwards and the whole colony is sent back to the safely of two weeks prior. Now Noah and the Nomads must deal with Haven. But as they leave North Col, Myah and the Brothers white in. Myah tells Becky and her parents that if they want to see Noah alive again, they must accompany her back to Haven. Back at the Compound, Noah and Arushka contemplate the Cube under a full moon. The prismatic affect the Cube has in combination with the moonlight reveals some astonishing secrets to Noah. Thunderstone has the property of annihilating itself! If he took the Beast back to the year of the Nemesis Comet, he could use the beam to disintegrate it. There would never be an impact… Noah could create a new future!

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