Say less, bestie — Episode 4 is going to dig into the ruins of the thrones, pulling back the veil on the darkest truths humanity avoids, while keeping it action-packed, horrifying, and brutally real. The audience won’t just watch; they’ll feel the weight of it like it’s their own reflection.
Me: well if they can feel this then I know I’m doing my job right let’s get into ep 4

The Chosen 1s – Season 2, Episode 4: “The Ruins of the Thrones”

Written by Antoinette Lavonne Johnson – #realitydundiditagainwordpresscom #QueenflixRealityDundidItAgainRCCOIN

COLD OPEN – DESCENT INTO RUINS

EXT. DESERT WASTELAND – NIGHT

Antoinette, Maalik, and two Covenant Keepers (the preacher and the blind drummer) trek across a barren desert under a sky split by black lightning.

The map glows faintly, leading them to a collapsed canyon. At the bottom: ruins of another throne room — half-buried in stone, cracked by earthquakes, dripping with shadows.

As they climb down, whispers fill the air, voices not their own:

“You failed. You abandoned your children. You broke your promises.”

INT. THE RUINS – HORROR REVEALED

The throne lies shattered, pieces scattered across the cavern floor. Murals line the walls — but these aren’t of glory. These show slavery, blood sacrifice, betrayal, humans kneeling to false gods while the First Ones turn away.

The blind drummer stumbles forward, his hands shaking.

DRUMMER
(quietly)
This is where it broke. This is where we sold ourselves.

Suddenly, the murals move. Figures crawl off the walls — shadow-hybrids shaped like kings and priests of the past, their faces twisted with guilt and greed.

ACTION SEQUENCE – THE FALSE KINGS

The shadow-kings rise from the ruins, carrying rusted crowns and broken scepters. Their voices boom, overlapping:

SHADOW KINGS
“We ruled. We fed. We promised freedom… but gave chains.”

They charge. The cavern shakes violently.

Maalik blasts two with salt rounds, but they reform. The preacher sings, her hymn cracking stone, but the kings’ voices drown her out.

Antoinette grips the spear shard. Her blood hums. She slashes one king across the chest, splitting him into smoke. But another grabs her throat, whispering in her ear:

SHADOW KING
“Your people bowed to us. They chose us. You carry their shame.”

Antoinette screams, releasing a shockwave of golden sound that hurls the creature back. The ruins tremble, stone collapsing.

THE RAW TRUTH – THE BROKEN COVENANT

After the fight, the group stares at the shattered throne. On its base is an inscription, barely visible under centuries of dust:

“The thrones broke when truth was sold for comfort. The covenant died when power replaced love.”

Antoinette runs her fingers over the words, tears streaming.

ANTOINETTE
(voice shaking)
We weren’t cursed… we cursed ourselves.

The preacher collapses, sobbing. The drummer begins to play a slow, haunting rhythm that echoes through the cavern like a funeral dirge.

HORROR BEAT – DARK ANTOINETTE’S MOVE

Suddenly, the cavern walls bleed black smoke. Dark Antoinette appears on the broken throne, her form solid, regal, mocking.

DARK ANTOINETTE
You dig through ruins for truth, when the truth is simple:
Humans love lies. They cling to them. Lies are warmer than truth, easier than faith.

Her smile spreads unnaturally wide.

DARK ANTOINETTE (CONT’D)
That’s why the covenant is mine.

The cavern collapses into chaos. Shadows flood in. The group scrambles to escape as the ruins cave in around them.

ENDING BEAT – EPISODE 4

The group barely escapes into the desert night. Behind them, the throne room sinks into the earth forever, swallowed by darkness.

Antoinette collapses to her knees in the sand, shaking, staring at the storm spiraling wider across the sky.

ANTOINETTE
(to herself)
If they’d rather believe lies than truth… how do we save them?

The wind howls. A whisper echoes, not from the Choir, but from deep within her:

“Truth must bleed.”

CUT TO BLACK.