Why would Billie run away?
I think she overheard me and Roman
talking about the prophecy.
Wait, you know about the prophecy?
I don't know about the prophecy.
There's a prophecy that says Billie's gonna end the world.
It's not end the world. It's save the world.
- Pretty sure it's end the world. - Well, which one is it?
'Cause it's kind of a big difference!
It's okay because the apocalypse is not happening.
All the signs from today, the volcano, the blizzard,
the turtles, were because of the squonk.
Yeah, if anything was a sign of the apocalypse,
it's Roman being brave enough to go after Billie.
- Really, Milo? - What?
I wasn't trying to burn him. It just happened.
Well, where would they go?
When my parents are looking for me,
the first place they check is here.
- Where's the second place? - There is no second place.
I'm always here.
Okay. Well, um, the last time Billie ran away,
she went to the Ghoulhound bus stop.
I'm sure she and Roman are there sitting on a bench with no plan.
Well, Roman will be sitting on a pile of napkins,
so he doesn't get his chinos dirty.
Really, Mom?
What? I wasn't trying to burn him either!
You're right. It does just happen.
I'm sure Billie and Roman are fine.
Yeah. You know, I'll go get 'em.
But what if they're not fine?
I mean, maybe we should call Alex.
What? Alex? Why would we call her?
- Because she's on the Tribunal. - I'm on the Tribunal too.
Well, because she's so close with Billie.
I'm close with Billie too.
Because she's cool under pressure.
I'm cool under pressure too!
Yeah, sorry, that came out less cool than I meant.
Um, we don't need to bring Alex into this, okay?
I can handle this alone. Maybe you stay here
- in case the kids come back. - Okay.
Whoa!
- They're back! - You are in so much trouble!
What? I didn't do anything!
Wait. I didn't do anything. Why are you yelling at me?
- Alex, it's so good to see you! - Hi, Giada!
By the way, Justin, that's how you greet a guest.
♪ Everything is not what it seems ♪
♪ When you can have what you want ♪
♪ By the simplest of means ♪
♪ Be careful not to mess with the balance of things ♪
♪ Because everything is not what it seems ♪
♪ You might run into trouble if you go to extremes because ♪
♪ Everything is not what it seems ♪
♪ Yes, please ♪
♪ What it seems ♪
Oh, Alex! [chuckles] So good to...
What are you doing here?
Come on! Can't a sister come visit her big brother?
Aw, is that why you're here?
Sure, let's go with that.
Also, random question. How's Billie?
Billie? Oh. [chuckles] She's fine.
Fine? She's not fine. She's--
She's great! That's what I should have said.
She is great, great, great.
That is a relief. Not that I, you know, was worried.
Why would I be?
'Cause this is a very normal conversation we're having.
That's what it feels like to me.
Giada, can I speak to you in the kitchen, please?
Good idea! Uh, take your time.
Minister McFigglehorn, Billie's here and she's safe.
Oh, thank Merlin!
You and Justin must bring her back to the Tribunal
as soon as possible.
No. I... I can't.
I've already put Justin and his family
in too much danger.
I can do this on my own.
Okay, I'm gonna go get the kids. I'll be right back.
Wait, Justin, are you avoiding telling Alex what's going on?
Would a guy who's avoiding telling Alex what's going on
take off his shoes, tiptoe upstairs, and sneak off
to the Wizard World through his bedroom mirror?
Don't answer that, and don't tell Alex anything.
Yeah, I'm telling Alex.
Uh... Oh, hi, Lucinda the Powerful.
What up, Glendora the Mysterious? How's it going, Mike?
Man, I come to this bus stop a lot.
There she is!
I knew there wasn't any reason to tell Alex.
Billie! I have good news.
You didn't cause any of the magic.
You can come home!
Look, Billie, I know you're upset,
but we can talk about it when we get back, okay? Come on!
Billie.
She made a double because she knew I'd come looking for her.
I've taught her well!
What?
Look, I'm worried about her too, but I'm also kinda proud.
Alex, how did you...?
Giada.
Why didn't you tell me Billie ran away?
Because I... I thought that I would find her.
I mean, I found her here the last time this happened.
This has happened before?
Wait, does that make me the responsible Russo?
Maybe you are.
Justin Vincenzo Pepé Russo, you take that back.
I'm serious.
I didn't want you to know how bad I messed up.
You trusted me to take care of Billie,
and I let you down.
And I let her down.
Justin, what did I tell you when I first brought Billie to you?
That it'd only be for a couple of months.
Okay, yeah, I did say that. But...
I also said you're the best I've ever known.
Technically, you said that to Billie.
You didn't say it to me.
Wow, can you just let me have a moment?
You're not the best because you do everything right.
You're the best because when things go wrong...
you don't give up until you fix them.
Let's go find those kids.
I am so inspiring.
Sorry I kept all this from you.
Um, you don't have to apologize
because I've also been keeping something from you.
- It's not as bad as yours. - Oh, good.
It's worse.
Is this Wuber for Billie?
Cool.
I need to get as far away from here as possible.
Take me to the Mountain Fortress of Solitarius.
I know, I know, we're going!
Wait!
Roman?
Let me in!
Let me...
...in!
I can't... believe...
how fast I am.
Should I run track?
Did you follow me?
Obviously. Why'd you leave?
I thought you were happy living with us.
I am. Justin's the only teacher who's ever believed in me.
And I'm not gonna pay him back by putting you guys in danger.
That's not how we do things.
When there's a problem, we fix it together.
- Russos always have each other-- - I'm not a Russo!
I have to do this by myself.
Okay, okay, then-- then you can do it by yourself.
Thank you.
But I'm not going anywhere.
You're the worst, you know that?
Yeah, I know.
Any chance you got a banana on you?
I got a wicked leg cramp happening.
Okay, read me back what we got.
"Ideas to locate Billie and Roman."
Ooh, that is good! Then what?
That's it.
What about my idea to train my class guinea pig,
Mr. Chompers, to sniff 'em out like a bloodhound?
- You hear that one? - Yeah, I heard it.
I just didn't write it down,
'cause it's so good, I'm sure we'll remember it.
Well, we can't sit around doing nothing.
We have to find them.
Too bad we can't track Billie's wand.
Milo, that's it!
We can track Billie's wand like a phone.
We'll use a newly opened 17-gigahertz spectrum
to scan for the frequency
emanated by the crystal in her wand!
I'm listening!
Not understanding, but I'm listening.
We just need a radio transceiver.
Like the one in your console.
But we're gonna have to break it open.
Oh, no problem!
Milo, that was so cool
how you sacrificed your console like that!
Oh, this wasn't mine. It was Roman's!
Well, no way I can end the world here.
No one can even find me here.
Uh, Billie?
What are you doing here?
I told you to take the carriage back home!
And I told you I wasn't gonna let you do this alone.
Also, the moon came out,
and the driver turned into a werewolf, and I was not hanging around for that.
Fine. I'll just send you home, then.
Nobody's going anywhere.
That's the graveling I saw from the shadow box.
It's floating towards us. Let's get outta here.
New plan. I'm blasting this creep.
- Was that part of the plan? - You know it wasn't.
- What do you want? - Nothing much.
Just all your power.
Okay, so our kids are just missing in the Wizard World?
I mean, Justin, I am trying really hard not to freak out here.
Giada, don't worry.
Billie is a powerful wizard, and Roman...
is under the protection of a powerful wizard.
They're gonna be fine, right, Alex?
Yes.
Alex.
Okay, well, look, the reason I came here
is I have something pretty big to tell you.
Someone is trying to free Dr. Evilini.
Dr. Evilini?
Who's Dr. Evilini?
She was a teacher at WizTech when we were kids,
who tried to kidnap me and steal my powers.
None of us saw it coming.
Well, her name is Evilini.
Yeah, I guess we should have put that together earlier.
She tried to escape Wizkatraz so many times,
they sealed her in an amulet,
then hid it in a cave so that no one would ever find it.
An amulet?
Any chance the amulet is red, about yay big,
attached to a golden chain,
hidden in a cave protected by magical booby traps?
That's a strangely specific question.
Wait, how do you know that?
Someone tricked Billie into going after that amulet
on her birthday quest.
Justin, only the magic of a very powerful wizard
could set Evilini free from that amulet.
Billie's a very powerful wizard.
I can't believe it took me so long to figure this out.
And now, my nephew and my...
and Billie are out there.
I just-- If something were to happen to them...
No, no, nothing's gonna happen. No, no. Right, Justin?
Yes. Yes, we're going to find them.
And no one's getting their hands on that amulet.
It fell into a bottomless pit.
Okay, but see, now that you said that,
I feel like someone's gonna get their hands on that amulet!
I finally got my hands on the amulet!
I told you you should have left that in the cave.
Now is not the time for "I told you so!"
But if I don't tell you so, how will you know I told you so?
Silence!
I've been trying to get to this for years,
but I needed a powerful wizard to retrieve it.
I needed you.
You sent the Phantomus after me.
And Morphia Murkshadow.
But they failed. So, I tricked you myself.
I sent you on a quest to get the amulet.
And then it brought you to me.
What's so special about it?
My mother is imprisoned inside it.
Your mother?
Oh, where are my manners?
Let me introduce myself.
I am Silas Evilini!
Who's Silas Evilini?
I have no idea.
Soon, Mother, you will be free,
and together we will destroy the world
and rebuild it in our image.
Destroy the world? The prophecy?
That's right. It's your destiny.
All I need is the magic of an incredibly powerful wizard
to open the amulet.
That's obviously not me, so I'm just gonna go ahead
and see if that carriage is still out there.
No, no, no, no, no!
You're going to stay and watch your world end.
Aw, man!
Now, where were we?
- I'll never help you. - Oh, you have no choice.
Through forests deep and mountains hilly,
guide my spell to find Roman and Billie.
Oh, gone up my nose.
Every spell we try comes back to us.
The Tribunal can't locate them either.
Well, wherever they are, magic can't find them.
But we have to find them.
'Cause if we don't find them, then they're gone.
And if they're gone, then they're not here.
And if they're not here, then we didn't find them.
Hey, okay! You're in a panic loop!
You need to breathe.
Maybe we're trying too hard.
I literally don't understand what those words mean.
I've found that sometimes when I do nothing,
everything seems to fall into place.
Dad, we found them!
See?
I swear the universe has different rules for you.
Yeah, I know.
Where are they?
I found them. It was all my idea.
You wanted to use a hamster.
He is a guinea pig.
Guys, just tell us where they are.
Look.
What did you do to Roman's game?
We recalibrated the Wi-Fi receiver
to capture the spectral harmonics
of the crystal frequency in Billie's wand.
This is your idea?
Well, not in those exact words.
Wait a minute. I know where this is.
Nice work, guys!
Okay, we have to go before it's too late.
Wait, you think it might be too late?
No. No, it's not too late.
No, really, we should go before it's too late.
So, you led me to the painting in the archive.
But why tell me I'm the one to end the world?
Well, I knew I had to get you away from the Russos.
I knew that if you thought you might hurt them,
you'd run away to protect them.
Not gonna lie, I am impressed.
Roman!
I'm just saying, you fell right into it.
Oh, okay.
Justin, I see them.
Justin.
Okay, okay.
Okay. One, two, three.
Okay, that was the big one.
I got it now. Okay.
Are you okay?
I can't... believe...
just how out of shape I am.
Okay, I'm good.
Let's go in there. Let's get him.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. What are you doing?
We don't know what we're walking into.
Oh.
Also, you're panting too loud. They're gonna hear you.
What is this thing?
Oh, just a little power vacuum.
It's going to steal all of your power
and use it to open the amulet!
Nothing to worry about.
See, that sounds like something I should worry about.
Huh. Yeah, you're right.
You should worry.
Yes, it's working!
Soon the world will be ours, Mommy.
I don't think so.
What?
- Dad! - Alex!
Well, if it isn't Alex and Justin Russo.
My entire life, I've dreamt of this moment.
Is there anything you wanna say to me?
I guess I have one thing.
Um, who are you?
I'm Silas!
Evilini!
I mean, come on, come on, Dr. Evilini's son.
Oh, she has a son!
There really is someone out there for everyone.
Yeah. Hey!
Actually, I'm glad you found me.
You can watch me free my mother.
After all, you're the reason she was thrown into Wizkatraz.
Uh, I don't know about that.
I'm pretty sure trying to steal my powers
so she could take over the world
was the reason she was thrown into Wizkatraz.
You can't stop us.
Watch us. Electri-Zaparatus!
Billie.
I thought I was never gonna see you again.
Alex, it's okay. I'm okay.
It's over, Silas. Give me the amulet.
Yeah, sure. I'll... I'll just do that.
Except I won't.
- Where'd he go? - I don't know.
He won't get that far.
I mean, now that we know who he is,
the Tribunal won't stop searching until we find him.
I shouldn't have run away.
I just... thought I could handle this on my own.
Yeah, it's been going around a lot today.
But hey, when you're in a family,
you never have to face a problem alone.
We got you, Billie.
What's the family policy on leaving somebody shackled to a wall?
Asking for a friend.
Roman!
I'm so sorry, buddy.
It's cool. I'm just-- I'm glad you found us.
Actually, Milo and Winter found you.
Just keep that in mind when you see your game console later.
What?
Oh, Giada, good news. I got them this time!
Unfortunately, he's got us.
Now, let's try this one more time.
I'm sorry, who are you again?
Silas Evilini.
Oh, right... Hey!
Silas, I'm gonna need you to step away from my wife and son.
Uh, why do you and your sister keep telling me to do things
you know I'm not going to do?
No, like, seriously, I'm asking. I don't get it.
You can't open the amulet anyway.
You don't even have your power vacuum.
You mean... this one?
Oh, well, yeah.
Alex, maybe don't taunt the evil wizard.
Billie, back in the tube.
If you want her, you're gonna have to go through me.
And me.
Dude.
What? I've been dealing with this all day!
Okay, fine.
And me.
Why would you sacrifice yourself for her?
Because that's what families do.
Russos always have each other's backs.
But she's not a Russo!
Yes...
I am.
Fine. Then you'll all be destroyed together.
Hey, guys, you're out of peanut butter.
I'm sorry. Is this like a family thing?
Oh, oh! Hey--
Let-- Let me out of here!
Oh! No, no! No! No!
Milo!
- Roman! Milo! - Are you guys okay?
Roman, you saved me.
Well, now we're even for the floogie.
Also, ow!
Oh!
You Russos are, like, so annoying!
Hey, we have our moments.
And this is your last.
Roman, how are you doing that?
I have no idea!
You're no match for me.
But we are!
I am gonna be so mad if he has powers and I don't.
Billie, if he wants to be with his mom so bad, let him.
Spirit fade, with no regret, I lock you tight in this amulet.
So, was that it? Did we stop the prophecy?
Uh...
I don't know.
But whatever comes next, we'll face it together.
I told you bringing you here would be a good idea.
Yeah. I got something I always needed.
A teacher that believes in you.
Better.
A family.
- So, are we wizards, then? - I don't know!
- Were we always wizards? - I don't know!
Did the interaction with Silas Evilini's power vacuum
awaken our latent powers?
I don't even know what that means.
Thank you for your help today.
I couldn't have done this without you.
Justin, we couldn't have done it without each other.
Ugh, I only say those kind of things when I'm at your house.
I swear I'm so cool everywhere else.
Hey, you think if we can get that power vacuum to the curb,
I can just schedule a bulky item pickup?
Giada, I have to say, you're being very cool
about this whole "house invaded by an evil wizard" thing.
Well, funnily enough, that doesn't bother me.
Probably because I just found out my sons,
who microwaved a fork last week, are now wizards.
Oh, she is right to be worried. I'm gonna blast so many things!
Billie, I can't believe you're the most responsible wizard
- in the house now. - That is a terrifying thought.
Sorry to interrupt!
It has come to our attention
that there are some new wizards in your family!
- Over here! - That's us!
I am pleased to present you with your very own wands.
Whoa!
Oh.
Hey, no fair, his is bigger!
Mr. Russo, now that there are multiple wizards in your family,
you're going to need to begin your training
for the Family Wizard Competition.
That's right. The competition!
What is she talking about?
Yeah, what is she talking about?
Oh, all young wizards in a family
must compete to see who will be the family wizard
and keep their powers.
Wait.
So, I could lose my powers?
You are so losing your powers.
Is it too late to back out of being a Russo?
I didn't even think of this.
I have to train all three of them!
You're Dad!
You're officially our dad.
I've gotta text Max. He's gonna freak out.
Smile, Dad!
Alex, could I speak to you for a moment?
- Yeah. - I believe you're still
in possession of the Amulet of Evilini!
That's how we're saying it now. The Amulet of Evilini!
Well, that makes sense. And yes.
It's probably safer in your hands.
I was thinking the same thing.
Don't worry, I'll take very good care of it!
I know.
Very good care.
Sorry, did you say something?
What? Me? No.