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[Zero] Previously on Prisoner Zero...

[Librarian] The forbidden section

is where the darkest knowledge of the universe has been secured.

It's the Ragnabook. It has escaped.

And now it's loose inside my library.

There is an ancient tomb, the Grymarcanorium.

Librarian mentioned something about a book.

He said it was our only hope.

[Ragnabook] The Dark Times shall return, Ancient One.

And there is nothing you can do to prevent it.

Argh. No, no. Zero, help me!

[Zero] Librarian!

It's like it's pulling your memories apart, moment by moment.

Now what's your problem?

That is.

[Zero] A decade ago, the Imperium created the Bioweve,

a digital nightmare they wired into our brains.

They locked me away, stole my memories, left me with nothing.

Then one day, I was rescued and taken aboard the Rogue.

Now my friends and I are going to shut down the Bioweve

and free humanity.

Because I am Prisoner Zero.

[theme music playing]

[dramatic music playing]

[screams]

What?

[both screaming]

[music continues]

-Huh! -[laser fires]

[exhales] That was lucky.

[Zero] I don't understand. Where are we?

We've skipped a groove in time.

The Ragnabook doesn't want people knowing how they were defeated.

So now no-one will ever know.

Except for you.

And as I said, no-one will ever know.

You did everything you could, you know?

The younger you - visiting everyone on this battlefield.

Both sides.

Listening to their stories, recording them in that book of yours...

We should follow him.

Why?

I know what happens next.

I always thought it might return one day.

And so you carried on, collecting stories - every story.

Wherever I could.

I knew about the Ragnabook and its mission.

So I preserved it all and hid it.

There is power in knowledge.

It should not be destroyed.

[Ragnabook] All histories can be rewritten.

Even yours, Ancient One.

[gulping]

Whoa!

This is incredible.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's amazing. How do we get in there?

Can we break in somehow?

Oh, come on. let us in!

Ha!

Yes? What do you want?

You cannot just demand access to the Forbidden Section.

Only the worthy are granted access.

That's...no, it can't be...

It certainly is. That's Librarian's voice.

Sounds a lot less friendly than I'm used to.

I am. I am very unfriendly indeed.

So, this is the Forbidden Section, huh?

Well, we got here. So I guess that makes us worthy.

No. You are not.

You are definitely not worthy.

Go away.

-Go away! Go away! -[wind whooshing]

[Librarian] After the war to end the Dark Times,

I fled across the cosmos.

I searched for a new life, a new purpose.

Eventually I came upon an abandoned starship.

But I couldn't understand how to fly it.

Its creators were...long gone.

Wherever I went, wherever I explored, the whole ship was deserted.

Oh, there were signs that life had existed once, certainly.

During its long existence there had been many different races

that, at various times, operated this ship.

But as to what happened to them,

well, that remains a mystery for another day.

Eventually, I found an untouched area

within the bowels of this great starship.

I immediately felt a connection, a link to something deep inside me

and instinctively, I knew.

I had found what I was looking for, sanctuary.

I decided to make this ship my new home because it made me feel safe.

With hindsight, I probably should have given up there and then.

At least I'd have been less lonely.

One day I'll tell you the story of where all those aliens went.

Some of them, at least.

They don't matter now. Their time has passed.

And back then all that mattered to me was making this place my own,

to try and make my mark on history.

Well, that's hardly a crime.

Perhaps not.

But nevertheless, it was terribly egotistical.

I did it just to prove to myself that I actually mattered to the cosmos,

and indeed would continue to do so for generations to come.

So you built your Library here?

Not built, exactly.

[creaking]

Oh, of course.

You needed somewhere safe you could store the stories,

where you lock away all those secrets, all those dangers.

Not just evil things,

objects and beings that could turn a mind to evil.

Powerful things.

[children laughing]

[leaves rustling]

[Gem] Come on, come on. Let us in!

We need the Gryma-whatchamacallit.

Oh, that'll help. Just shout random noises at it.

I can't believe I'm trying to work out how to wake up a talking door.

Look, Door, we need the Gryma-thingummybob.

Yeah. what she said. The Grimmy-whatnot.

The Grymarcanorium! It's not difficult!

That's the one. Grym-ar-can-or-ium.

So can we get in there to find it?

Please?

Few individuals are granted access to this section.

Well, that explains why the Ragnabook couldn't get back in.

All right. Can we have access?

No.

-Why not? -You are not worthy.

Very few individuals are.

Now go away!

How do you know we're not worthy?

It is my job to know who is and is not worthy.

And I know you are not worthy!

[Gem] Great. Just great.

This place was even more incredible back in its heyday.

What happened to it?

It got old, Zero.

Like everything else in the universe.

Old. Irrelevant.

Like me.

The Library just became redundant.

Oh, Librarian, my friend, a library is never redundant.

Not with all these books, all their stories and plays and poetry.

All the accumulated knowledge and wisdom of the past.

You just needed new visitors.

And that's what we are, me, Gem, Tag, Del.

I've even seen Guardian down here

exploring the endless possibilities found in these pages.

[gulping]

I...I don't understand.

Who are the people you just mentioned?

And who are you?

What are you...

It's making you forget.

The Ragnabook is making the entire universe forget.

You have to remember who you were, Librarian...him.

The man who recorded the truth in his books.

You have to be the person you used to be.

[clangs]

The door thing said "few individuals" right?

Yeah. And?

It knows that as individuals, we're not worthy.

But if we could convince it we were special.

More than just two kids...

If we linked our Bioweve, made it look like we were something new...

We might confuse it, trick the system.

You are brilliant, Gem.

Never tell anyone I said that, right?

[whirring]

Are we absolutely certain this'll work?

-Not even slightly. -Hey, Door, just let us in, okay?

Identify yourself.

[both] I am the Librarian.

State your purpose within the Forbidden Section.

[both] I seek the Grymarcanorium.

-Oh, so now you know how to say it. -Shush!

You have been granted access, Librarian.

Be sure that you remain worthy of this sanction.

-Quick, before it closes again -We're in!

I don't understand.

-[Gem] It's empty. But... -[Tag] The whole room.

All that effort to get in and the only thing in here was chained up?

That's some heavy guarding going on for one little book.

This feels...dangerous.

Librarian put it here for a reason.

Shh.

You are not the Librarian!

The Librarian has been absorbed by the Ragnabook.

Who told you that?

The other books of course!

They saw the whole thing.

First Librarian, then the one who was with him.

How do we get them out?

You don't.

Because you are not worthy.

You are speakers of different truths, falsehoods and lies.

You shall never leave the Forbidden Section.

[Zero] It was never enough to keep the stories in the Library.

You wanted them to thrive across the cosmos.

So you shared them with the universe.

Everyone deserves the whole story.

Because of you, people realized how words are stronger than weapons.

Whole legends survived, tales they might have never known.

But that was him.

But look at him.

That's you. Your past.

Is none of it coming back to you? Seriously?

I confess, it's a lovely library he built.

But nothing rings any bells.

Oh, except there's...

there's a word.

Yes? What word is that, Librarian?

Ah, what word?

The word you said you remembered.

Ah.

I can't remember.

Who are you again?

And I thought I was the one with no memory.

I'm Zero. Your friend.

We're here trying to stop the Ragnabook.

[echoing] Ragnabook...Ragnabook...

Ragnabook...Ragnabook... Ragnabook...

We have to stop it, you know.

I remember I-I did it once and I have to do it again.

But we got so close!

If we can't get out, Librarian and Zero will be trapped for good.

They're counting on us.

The entire universe is counting on us.

[exhales] Okay. Like you said, there's always a way out...

we just have to find it.

That said, we're not exactly well equipped.

Aren't we?

We're in a library. And the best thing in libraries are books.

And we have the one we were looking for.

Maybe there's an answer inside?

You mean something might get us out of here?

Yeah. Like a magic spell to jump us out?

And I bet there's exactly that somewhere in here.

-Here we are. -How can you be sure?

Because there's a picture of someone disappearing here

and reappearing there. See?

Hmm, don't you think it's kind of weird that the magic book we've been looking for

has exactly the right spell to get us out of here?

[Gem] Ah, I think it's pretty reasonable for a magic book.

It's a magic book.

I suppose it's worth a shot. Come on, then.

We only get one go at something like this.

Ready?

What do we do?

I guess we just read the alien words there.

[Gem mimicking] Oh, yeah. That's so easy.

[Tag] Just do it!

[chanting in foreign language]

[dramatic music playing]

[laser firing]

Um, this isn't quite where we need to be.

Stupid book.

-Guardian. -Maybe he can help.

He's powered down.

Oh, yeah. I put him to sleep for four hours.

He needs to sleep.

Del says he gets cranky

if he goes for too long without a power nap.

He looks cute just sitting there like that.

Yeah, doesn't he.

Aww. A boy and his robot.

An android. Gem, he's an android.

And this is isn't getting us back down to the Library.

You're right.

Why is the Gryma-whatnot taking us everywhere but where we need to be?

Because it's stupid and old and...

Getting closer.

Tell the stupid book to get a move on.

Oh, come on.

-Where are we now? -Who cares?

Tag, hush!

Hello, lovely book.

Lovely old, distinguished book.

Please could you take us back to where we need to be,

outside the Forbidden Section.

-Please. -What are you doing?

You were being rude to the book, calling it stupid.

I'm trying the opposite.

Please ignore Tag, he's just a...boy.

Please help us get back to where we need to be. Please.

[banging]

[explosion]

We made it! It actually worked!

Well, of course it did.

-I wonder what else this book can do. -What else?

Well, if it could trap that creature and get us out of there,

maybe it can help us rescue Zero and Librarian?

This is it. I've found it.

[Ragnabook] Just as I have found you.

[dramatic music playing]

Um, Gem, what are you waiting for?

Pi-rho-epsilon beta-frens.

It's working!

-Zero! -And Librarian.

[Ragnabook] Keep the Grymarcanorium away from me!

Oh, look, an ancient power draining all life from the universe.

Not.

-How does it feel? -[Ragnabook] History must be rewritten.

The losers will be winners.

The winners will be losers.

Everything must change.

Oh, I don't think so.

Ancient magic combined with our modern tech.

A perfect mix of the old and the new.

Then again... [chuckles]

[Ragnabook] You think you can contain me?

I know I can.

I did before.

[Ragnabook] And yet here I am, still strong and powerful,

whereas you are frail and withered.

Do you know? Before today, I thought the same.

But age isn't a weakness.

And my friends only make me stronger.

[Ragnabook] Friendships have no value. They distract from the ultimate focus.

Just as you attempt to distract me now.

No. This is merely a prelude to the end.

[Ragnabook] They are a weakness!

You see, that's where you creatures of the Dark Times got it wrong,

all these millennia.

You spent so long trying to focus on the detail,

you missed the bigger picture.

And that's why you always miss the most important detail of all...

[Ragnabook] Which is?

You can try rewriting history all you like.

You might even be able to change it, here and there.

But you can't rewrite the future.

[Ragnabook] Is that so?

[growling]

[laser firing]

Tau-eta-epsilon. Sigma-tau-omicron.

Rho-psi-iota. Sigma-eta-nu.

Delta-iota-nu-gamma.

Tau-eta-epsilon. Sigma-tau-omicron.

Rho-psi-iota. Sigma-eta-nu.

Delta-iota-nu-gamma.

Tau-eta-epsilon. Sigma-tau-omicron.

Rho-psi-iota. Sigma-eta-nu.

Delta-iota-nu-gamma.

Tau-eta-epsilon. Sigma-tau-omicron.

Rho-psi-iota. Sigma-eta-nu.

We have to help him.

...tau-omicron.

Rho-psi-iota. Sigma-eta-nu.

Delta-iota-nu-gamma.

Tau-omicron.

Rho-psi-iota. Sigma-eta-nu.

Delta-iota-nu-gamma.

Step aside.

Begone!

Is that it, then? Is it over?

Oh, it will never be over, Zero.

Believe me.

But for now, we have succeeded.

Equilibrium is restored.

And everything else?

All those planets it affected, all those people?

Will recover, in time, I promise.

History shall restore itself, as it was intended.

As for my Library, however...

[sighs]

...that may take a little longer.

[Zero] What happens now?

Now? We leave.

-Will it be safe in here? -Wasn't last time.

I was careless before.

When I was younger, I believed I was ready for anything.

But I was...foolish.

I thought the mystic chains were enough.

But now, now the world has changed.

And so have I.

Thank you, all, for standing by me today.

I couldn't have done it without you.

Don't mention it.

Pity you never found some way to save it.

The Grymarcanorium, I mean.

That book was once so powerful.

Now we'll never be able to use it again.

Not without releasing that...thing.

Indeed.

Its story is over.

Until it becomes necessary to let it out...

again.

[theme music playing]