were up to something,
but not necrophilia.
Just keep him for me until my father
has had his way with Dale Arden.
I'll keep him all right! In my larder.
Take him, with the rest of the meat.
I forbid it. If you kill Flash,
you'll never have me again.
What danger is there?
Everyone thinks he's dead.
- I'll take him to Cythera next week.
- Harboring a fugitive is treason.
You're not frightened of Ming.
- You are playing with fire, Aura.
- Of course I am.
Does anyone ever trust her twice?
So they let us escape because Klytus
thought he erased your memory.
Do you know why it failed? I started
to recite Shakespeare, the Talmud. -
- Einstein, anything I could remember,
even The Beatles. It armored me.
They couldn't wipe those things away.
You can't beat the human spirit.
Prince Barin! I'm not your enemy,
Ming is. And you know it.
Ming is the enemy of every creature
on Mongo. Let's team up and fight him.
Lower them into the swamp.
We can do it, Barin!
Your lover Barin is harboring
Gordon, is he not?
This lying is such a waste of time.
You left with a pilot and returned
alone. Wasn't he Gordon?
Who do you think you're protecting?
The Imperial Surgeon?
- Another lover of yours!
- Yourjealousy has made you mad.
Seize the surgeon
on suspicion of treason.
- Prepare him for torture!
- Confess and we won't hurt you.
- We don't like doing this at all.
- Never!
Bring me the bore worms.
No! Not the bore worms.
I'm a princess. My father
will have your head for this.
He'll execute your whole perverted
secret police. I demand to see him!
With pleasure.
- Father...
- The traitor is close to confession.
Should we stop the torture?
- No.
- Damn you, father!
- That damn woman's using me again.
- What do you expect?
- I don't know what you see in her.
- Keep playing, fool.
- Fico, I'm going to kill Gordon now.
- And lose the princess forever?
There must be a way to dispose of him
and keep faith with the princess.
- I'm sorry, Flash, I'm finished.
- No, you're not. Get up.
Look, someone's coming.
Send him over. Hurry up.
It's no good, Flash.
I can't hold on.
Go on, get in.
Sleep well, you traitor.
We hang you in the morning.
- There's always hope.
- This is better.
I stole the key.
We need weapons to cross the swamp.
They're stored in the temple.
Want to climb up with me?
Hold on, Hawkman.
Nice confession. I commend you.
- Execute her.
- No. Too kind.
Aura will be banished to Frigia
after my wedding.
One year in a cavern of ice
will cool her blood.
And then, who knows?
Perhaps we'll marry her to someone
worthy of her treacherous nature.
- How can I express my gratitude?
- Easily. Get me Gordon and Barin.
With pleasure.
Hans, look!
- Hey Vultan!
- Not now.
You'll love this.
See what Brave Blue has caught.
Prince Vultan. Remember us?
Indeed I do, my lovely.
Call the Emperor.
Tell him I have prisoners.
- You wouldn't!
- Are you mad, Vultan?
You hate Ming. You're only waiting
for the moment to attack.
Yes, and Ming knows it, too.
By delivering you,
I allay his suspicions.
- I gain time.
- Our weapons are inferior.
Ming's not unbeatable.
He couldn't even kill Flash.
- Gordon's alive?
- In Arboria with Prince Barin.
I tell you, now is the time to strike.
- Where are the weapons?
- Feel one.
- Do you know where you are?
- Up the creek.
You've trespassed.
A stranger in this temple
must try the Wood Beast, or die...
That figures.
You came here of your own free will.
However. -
- Because of my word to Aura,
I swear by Arbor I'll not kill you...
Unless you beg me to.
The Beast lies somewhere
in the stump. Choose a passage.
No way.
- Coward.
- Let's do it.
Must be my lucky day.
You scared?
What would Aura think of you now?
Second down.
Your play.
No, yours.
- Are you sure these are the rules?
- They've just been changed.
Death is certain,
but only after tortured madness.
- How long?
- It depends on your strength.
Please,