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The Chief Sea Devil returns to announce that the Hua-Shen has detected the Keystone's presence and the surface, and he is therefore calling the Doctor's bluff. Before he can kill her and Yaz, however, she hits the necessary controls to abruptly make the ship return to the surface, freeing Ji-Hun in the confusion. Back on the surface, Dan, Ki and Ching are baffled when the Sea Devil ghost-ship rises up right next to theirs — and the Doctor, Yaz and Ji-Hun swing over on ropes, with shouts of "[[Geronimo]]". However, she barely has time to figure out that the Keystone is in fact being worn as a necklace by Ying Ki, who is the descendant of Ji-Hun's second-in-command [[Lei Bao]] (to whom Ji-Hun had entrusted the jewel), before the Chief Sea Devils teleports in and takes it at sword-point before returning to his ship. | The Chief Sea Devil returns to announce that the Hua-Shen has detected the Keystone's presence and the surface, and he is therefore calling the Doctor's bluff. Before he can kill her and Yaz, however, she hits the necessary controls to abruptly make the ship return to the surface, freeing Ji-Hun in the confusion. Back on the surface, Dan, Ki and Ching are baffled when the Sea Devil ghost-ship rises up right next to theirs — and the Doctor, Yaz and Ji-Hun swing over on ropes, with shouts of "[[Geronimo]]". However, she barely has time to figure out that the Keystone is in fact being worn as a necklace by Ying Ki, who is the descendant of Ji-Hun's second-in-command [[Lei Bao]] (to whom Ji-Hun had entrusted the jewel), before the Chief Sea Devils teleports in and takes it at sword-point before returning to his ship. | ||
Intent on taking it back before the Chief Sea Devil can sink the ship again to take the Keystone to the base and use it to trigger a mechanism that will flood the entire [[Earth]], the Doctor and friends swing back over to the flying ship where a sword-fight ensues. The Chief Sea Devil announces that he "sent down" the Keystone already, but is soon killed by a | Intent on taking it back before the Chief Sea Devil can sink the ship again to take the Keystone to the base and use it to trigger a mechanism that will flood the entire [[Earth]], the Doctor and friends swing back over to the flying ship where a sword-fight ensues. The Chief Sea Devil announces that he "sent down" the Keystone already, but is soon killed by a vengeful Ji-Hun, to the Doctor's dismay. She takes control of the ship and sinks it again, instructing Dan to keep an eye on Ching and Ji-Hun and help them keep the Sea Devil crew at bay, while she and Yaz make their way to the control core of the underwater base to try and stop the mechanism. Indeed, Dan and Ji-Hun soon stumble on half a dozen Sea Devils, but Dan is quicker than them and slays them in all in one blow with a Sea Devil sword that the Doctor entrusted to him, greatly impressing Dan (who credits [[Eileen Lewis|his mum]] with teaching him to deal with opposition so effectively). | ||
At the control core, the Doctor has to fiddle with the hardware, trying to trigger a short-circuit that will turn the base into "the densest thing on Earth", causing it to collapse in on itself and preventing further geomagnetic waves from leaving it to disrupt the planet's orbit. While she's working, she surprises Yaz by bringing up the possibility of a romantic relationship between them head-on. However, she ultimately tells Yaz that although, if she were to date anyone in this [[incarnation]], it would be her, she is unwilling to commit to any such relationship, because sooner or late, "time always runs out". Indeed, she is ready to [[sacrifice]] herself by holding the mechanism in place as it explodes, until Ji-Hun persuades her to let him lay down his own life instead, as he has no wish to return to a world that is no longer his own, preferring to die a good death safeguarding that world for those who ''are'' native to it. | At the control core, the Doctor has to fiddle with the hardware, trying to trigger a short-circuit that will turn the base into "the densest thing on Earth", causing it to collapse in on itself and preventing further geomagnetic waves from leaving it to disrupt the planet's orbit. While she's working, she surprises Yaz by bringing up the possibility of a romantic relationship between them head-on. However, she ultimately tells Yaz that although, if she were to date anyone in this [[incarnation]], it would be her, she is unwilling to commit to any such relationship, because sooner or late, "time always runs out". Indeed, she is ready to [[sacrifice]] herself by holding the mechanism in place as it explodes, until Ji-Hun persuades her to let him lay down his own life instead, as he has no wish to return to a world that is no longer his own, preferring to die a good death safeguarding that world for those who ''are'' native to it. | ||
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* The Sea Devils also employ [[orbital electron stripping]] to keep their base airtight, and [[algae]] to keep the [[microclimate]] under check. | * The Sea Devils also employ [[orbital electron stripping]] to keep their base airtight, and [[algae]] to keep the [[microclimate]] under check. | ||
* The Sea Devils use [[Cutlass|cutlasses]] with [[hexo-toxic poison]]ing as a weapon. | * The Sea Devils use [[Cutlass|cutlasses]] with [[hexo-toxic poison]]ing as a weapon. | ||
*The Doctor, Yaz, Dan, Zheng Yi Sao, and Sin Ji-Hun fight with [[Dao sword|dao swords]]. | |||
=== Popular culture === | === Popular culture === | ||
