"Resync:" "Xenzai[NEF]" "Lexx 2.19 Brizon" "Hello, Mantrid." "Thank you." "So how are we going to find Mantrid?" "He could be anywhere in the universe." "Yeah, what's left of it." "Perhaps it is unnecessary to seek him out." "I suspect that if we wait, he will eventually come to us." "Waiting for Mantrid to find us, that's a recipe for suicide!" "We've gotta do something." "I vote that Tweedle commit suicide right here and now " "I want some pleasure before this is all over." "Mantrid is clearly cogniscent of our presence." "As you are aware, his drones have been trailing us for some time now." "You are alive, only because he has chosen not to attack." "So why hasn't he consumed us yet?" "Because Tweedle would give him indigestion." "It's the game - he's saving us for last." "I guess we should feel honoured." "If it is the concept of the game that attracts him," "I suggest we invite him out to play." "Lexx" "I want you to broadcast everything I say, over every frequency you have, with as much strength as ya got." "As you command, Stan." "Hey Mantrid - this is Stanley H Tweedle, captain of the Lexx." "Now, you probably know that everybody in the universe used to call me a traitor, and a coward, always on the run." "Well, no-one's gonna say that about me anymore, pal - especially you, because I'm coming after you." "Now it's gonna be your turn to run - oh, unless of course you've got the guts to play a real game?" "Come on - you know where we are." "Let's see you." "I'm calling you out, Mantrid - it's showdown time, pal!" "Unless of course you're the coward now, huh?" "What are you Mantrid?" "Are you a man?" "Are you half a man?" "Are you no man at all?" "I'm calling you out, Mantrid." "While conducting thispointless search for Mantrid," "I have composed a new poem dedicated to you." "That's nice." "It's titled "They can eat the universe, but they can't eat our love"" "Here goes:" "The planets will be gone, but our passion will burn on." "The stars will leave the sky, but they won't fall from our eyes." "So dance in the shower as all is devoured!" "Jump in bed with the head, let me water your flower." "That's enough." "But there are 789 more verses, love pumpkin." "That's enough." "I'm only trying to comfort you!" "It's not working." "And" " Neither is our broadcast." "Not yet." "Not yet?" "Not ever!" "Mantrid's not answering it." "No-one is answering it." "I don't think there's anybody left out there to answer it." "Fine by me!" "Look - we're alone." "Who cares if there's anyone left out there!" "All that matters is Xev - and the love I feel for her." "Not all planets have been destroyed by Mantrid - yet." "There should still be some life left in this universe." "OK." "Lexx, you transmission." "As you command, Stan." "People of the Light Universe - if there are any of you left out there." "This is the Lexx," "the most powerful destructive force in the two universes." "Now, Mantrid is gonna eat your planet very soon, if he hasn't already, so, join with us, and help stop him, before he consumes the entire universe." "It's now or never." "Do or die." "Together we can defeat him." "So, send us your location, and we'll join forces." "I repeat, send us your location." "I can help you." "I can help you." "Lexx, locate that signal." "Give us a visual, hurry!" "What's that?" "A type of craft I once flew - two thousand years ago." "He's not breathing." "Well, maybe that's all for the better." "Why?" "Because of who he is." "He is somebody who might be able to help us." "He is somebody who worked for the Divine Order!" "Kai, do you think he could help us?" "He would know more about Mantrid than anyone else alive." " That's enough for me." " That's too much for me." "So what do we do?" "Mouth to mouth resuscitation would seem a reasonable option." "Well, go ahead." "One must have breath to give it." "Well, count me out." "I'll do it." "Xev, are you crazy?" "!" "Your lips must lock only on me!" "I think he's dead." "That's a relief." "There is a heaven." "My case?" "Right here." "Thank you." "Last of the Brunnen G..." "I am Brizon." "Yeah" " Supreme Bio-Vizier to the Divine Order - retired." "We know." "Kai told us about you." "And this is Xev of B3K." "And our captain, Stanley H Tweedle." "And this is a 790 model robot head - And our ship." "The Lexx." "You are the thieves who stole it." "How are you aware of me?" "How are you aware of anything?" "Last time I laid eyes on you, you were an empty headed assassin." "I possess many memories, taken from the Divine Predecessor who killed me, and from the Divine Shadow I killed." "And of course you know of my student." "You mean Mantrid?" "Yes." "Yeah, we know more about Mantrid than we care to." "Mantrid was my best student." "An excellent imitator." "He had a tremendous gift for absorbing knowledge, but - unfortunately, he never had an original thought in his head." "He, of course, would disagree." "I hate to burst your bubble there pal, but Mantrid is a galaxy gobbling juggernaut." "And you - look..." "You got breathing tubes filled with gunk." "Only temporarily, in both cases." "Mind if I have a look around?" "Mantrid built a machine designed to house his human essence after the death of his body." "It worked, except that his essence accidentally combined with the essence of the last surviving insect," "which is what is now destroying this universe." "The machine you are referring to is my design, which Mantrid copied in his attempt to deny death." "I'm not surprised he screwed it up." "Fortunately, I can unscrew it." "How?" "By switching it off." "But I must dine first, else I will not live the hour, and be of no help to anyone." "Time, as you see, has not been kind to me." "We have heard those words before." "An imitator in words as well as deeds." "Kai is mine too you know." "Undead assassins like him were all under me." "I'm the one who kept killing machines like him going." "Speaking of killing machines - this ship, the Lexx, is my design too." "You must feel proud of all your great accomplishments." "That's rather a hurtful tone." "You, listen - the Divine Order was pure evil, and you worked for it, buddy, so you should feel lucky that the worst you're gonna get from us is a hurtful tone." "Say Kai, I don't think he's going to be of much use to us or anyone." "Let's put him out of his misery now." "I can bring your undead comrade back to life." "Really?" "Real life." "Interested?" "What is of interest to me, at this moment, is finding Mantrid and destroying his artificial life." "Too bad." "She's a wonderful kisser." "To defeat Mantrid I need but one thing - a properly functioning drone arm." "Oh, a drone arm." "Well, gee, you know, we're fresh out!" "Then we must get one." "Where you find one, there are millions." "So it will require some enterprise." "I'm sure we're up to it - collectively." "Yeah, well, why should we trust you?" "Do I seem untrustworthy?" "Yes." "Then consider me untrustworthy." "I don't know who's more dangerous - Brizon or Mantridþ" "Mantrid." "Brizon does not have the insect agenda to destroy all humanity." " He gives me the creepsþ" " I don't like him." "There is little to like about him." "And if he designed the Lexx, then he knows how the key to it works, and think he's gonna try to take over." "Yeah." "Kai, you should keep watch over him at all times." "I will do that." "Well, I think that we should get him to tell us everything he knows about Mantrid, and then just - send him on his way." "And then do what?" "I don't know!" "Whatever." "Stan, we don't have any other plan to stop Mantrid." "We have to take a chance." "Do you really think he could bring you back to life?" "I do not know - though it is true that he was directly in charge of all His Shadow's assassins - including myself." "No man would have knowledge superior to Brizon's regarding my design and construction." "I can't see that we have much choice Stan." "This planet is on the border of the unconsumed section of this galaxy." "We can expect Mantrid's drones to devour it shortly." "All the drones report their activities back to Mantrid in the form of data." "If we can successfully capture a working one," "I can corrupt its normal data stream and replace it with a special command." "What command would that be?" "Since Mantrid's machine is my design, it will respond to a special command code from me." "It will shut down when I instruct it to shut down." "Just like that?" "!" "Just like that." "Brilliance is simply the art of planning ahead." "Arrogance is simply being a great big know it all." "Here they come." "If we get any closer they're gonna spot us." "We must find a straggler." "But, if it's a straggler wouldn't it be broken, and don't we need a working one?" "That is correct." "Therefore, we must get closer." "So, you're really part Cluster lizard?" "That's right." "You have a superior anatomy." "I do." " May I have your finger?" " No!" "I hardly have the strength to hurt a fly." "Don't worry." "Do worry!" " I just want to learn about you." " Don't let him!" " Give me your finger." "I won't bite it off" " Yes he will !" "790, off." "Decrease speed, Stanley." "You'd better get ready." "I like your flesh." "What do you think of mine?" "I'll answer for you - it's disgusting." "It's decaying." "It's dying." "But, it will be much better soon." "How?" "You will help me, won't you?" "Why?" "Wouldn't you normally come to the aid of a dying man?" "Normally, yes." "I am a dying man." "Yes!" "I suggest that we leave now, Stanley." "Yeah, right, right." "I hate my life, I hate my life, I hate my life, I hate my life!" "The Mantrid little one armed things that fly around are cutting into my exoskeleton." "They are hurting me." "Lexx is not very bright - but what a beautiful design." " Stan, do something!" " Yeah, what?" "I dunno - blow them up, just get us out of here!" "No need." "Here we are." "Lexx - blow up that " "Lexx - blow up the drone cloud." "As you command, Stan." "No." "No." "What do you mean, no?" "No." "I am dying, so I am not willing to save you unless you help me." "We'll help you, just turn off the drones!" "I will switch off the drones when Xev gives me something." "Are you willing to help a dying man in his time of need?" "Kill him now, Kai!" "Brizon, we'll help you later, just turn off the drones." "I may not be alive later." "You will help me now." "We don't have time!" "We gotta stop the drones now, can't you see that?" "!" "Your number one priority is to stop the drones." "My number one priority is to live." "When my request is satisfied I will stop the drones." "What do you want me to do?" "Remove your garment." "Please kill him now Kai." "It's not as drastic as it sounds." "I simply want to share something with you." "Share what?" "I must perform a small insertion into you" " With this." "Kai - kill him!" "I am hurting." "Look, we don't have time for this." "Turn off the drones, now!" "Kai, make him switch off the drones." "Switch off the drones." "Or what?" "Or I will kill you - now." "I just hope we're not too late." "Who do you want me to kill, Supreme Bio-Vizier?" "One or both of these - but not just yet." "First, you will apply a little coercion - to him." "Now, remove your garment." "I must have access to your torso." "Kai." "Kai, what are you doing?" "He is doing, and will continue to do, what I say." "Another excellent example of planning ahead." "Now, remove your garment." " No!" " No." "Yes." "I will die very soon, unless you share your liver with me." "I'm very sorry to have to press you in this way, but I insist, and I have nothing to lose." "Xev, no!" "790, off." " No!" " Off!" "Do it to me!" "Take mine!" "Kai." "Lie down." "It won't be pleasant, but I'm sure you can handle it." "Thank you." "Now, it's my turn to help you." "Thank you." "Thank you." " Can you pull this thing out of me?" " No." " Well then I'll pull it out." " No, no..." "Last of the Brunnen G - if she pulls it out, kill her at once." "As you request, Supreme Bio-Vizier." "Mantrid!" "Impostor." "You intellectual runt!" "You're no match for Brizon." "You never were!" "I'm coming for you Mantrid." "Tremble before me." "Mew like a baby before I find you." "Have all the drone been deactivated?" "All drones everywhere, and Mantrid's machine too." "How do we find Mantrid himself?" "From what you describe," "Mantrid did not fully complete his version of my machine, therefore it should only have limited mobility." "He cannot be more than a few days removed from his original planet." "We will concentrate our search in that vicinity." "Are you certain?" "Not one hundred percent." "One hundred percent certainty implies one hundred percent perfection, and that has always eluded me - just." " Lexx." " Stanley?" "Take us to Mantrid." "Never allow anybody onboard the Lexx." "Never allow anybody onboard the Lexx." "NEVER ALLOW ANYBODY ONBOARD THE LEXX!" "The more you eat, the better I feel." "Careful." "Remember" " Kai will kill you if you remove our little link." "You will die too, if you kill me." "Not right away." "I'll just have to suck the juice out of your captain instead - though he is very much my second choice." "You are a monster." "No." "I am a parasite, and you are my hostess." "You'll get used to it." "I certainly have." "You deranged megalomaniac swine!" "You organ draining super fiend!" "Release my love this instant!" "I must say, I find the blitherings of your robotic spittoon most annoying." "Silence him, or I'll have him destroyed." "Quiet, 790." "My abused angel." "He'll never be hooked into you like I am." "He " "Quiet." "Why all the long faces?" "We have defeated Mantrid's drones." "I am ecstatic." "Smile." "Come, my charming provider of life's vital juices." "It's a lovely universe - what's left of it." "You can stop smiling now, Kai." "Robot - call me when you see something." "Come." "That means everybody." "Kai?" "Kai!" "You're very beautiful." "I'm even feeling a bit of the old flame." "I'd like to enjoy you, the real way, but with this body, it's just not possible." "I'm so sad to hear it." "That's where Stan comes in." "I can't do it on my own, but he's got what I need." "I think I'm starting to get excited." "Hold him down." "That makes me hot..." "Tell us about yourself." "Tell us - what you did before." "Does she really want to hear thrilling stories from my days as Supreme Bio-Vizier, or is she stalling for time?" "I think she's stalling." "You can enjoy this, if you let yourself." "You won't." " Xev..." " Be brave Stan." "I think I've found it!" "I think I have located Mantrid's machine!" "Quicker than I thought." "Oh, Xev." "Did that animal soil you?" "I'm OK." "Knock knock." "Anybody home?" "Do you want me to blow it up?" "No." "I've got you." "I've defeated you, humiliated you." "You're at my mercy now, bio-fraud, and we're all out of mercy at the moment." "Come on Mantrid - let's see you." "Show us your ugly face." "Look at you." "Look at you." "Brizon." "Who else?" "Self-loving pretender." "Who else, indeed." "Are you here to worship me?" "To kneel before my achievement?" "You prion!" "Gaze into the eyes of Brizon, and know that you were always, always, second best." "Second best, you?" "Deluded, flatulent, false, you should be grateful to crawl behind me and suckle my shit!" "My accomplishments supersede yours at every turn." "You stole what you are from me!" "I stole nothing, I created all!" "Liar!" "I am the greatest repository of man's intellect, the supreme sorcerer in nature, the ultimate diviner of things known and unknown!" "Blundering interloper." "I am the greatest bio-vizier of all time, that ever was and all that ever will be!" "You my friend are the collected sewage of ten billion dynasties." "Your legacy has been flushed out." "You my friend are a leaking boil on the anus of a cancerous rodent, squeaking from a damp corner of oblivion!" " Gas bag!" " Slime sack!" " Sycophant!" " Midget!" "And look - you even brought little helpers with you." "The love slave with a personality" "The dead man, and the fool." "Tell me, oh prince of polyps, how does it feel to be laid low before my superior genius?" "No, no, no, no, no." "Your name forever grovels before mine." "You dear Brizon, then and now, simply do not matter." "Enough, Mantrid." "Your worthless life is in my hands now." "Remember - brilliance is simply the art of planning ahead." "A lesson you seem not to have learned, pupil of mine." "Brizon, dear colleague - let's start a dialogue." "Yes - a time to die - alogue." " No!" " Don't you want me to blow it up?" "Yes, but not yet." "Tweedle, in spite of all the dread I feel at this moment, seeing you in this state does give me some gratification." "I'm as giddy as a schoolgirl." "I have to thank you for rescuing me." "You're welcome." "So I guess now you're going to insert yourself into the machine?" "You think that's what's driving me?" "Yes." "The universe goes from Mantrid to Brizon." "What a great improvement." "It would be an improvement." "All I want, what I really look forward to doing, is having that once in a lifetime feel-good experience of pulling the plug on Mantrid." "I may not be your favourite person, but I will destroy the insect's life essence at the same time as I destroy Mantrid's." "I will put myself in the machine, but I will have no primitive desire to destroy humanity, or the world." "In fact, I will take great pleasure in putting the universe back together." "So you'll be the new Divine Shadow?" "No, no, far more than that." "God would be an appropriate title." "When you said you could bring Kai back to life, were you telling the truth?" "No, of course not." "I mean, look at me." "I can't even bring myself back to a real life." "Kai is dead for all time." "Sorry." "Can you feel me now, Mantrid?" "Are you trembling?" "Glory be, some days are sweet indeed." "Look, it's Mantrid's head." "Rather a pathetic end for such a promising student - what is this?" "Surprise!" "The pathetic end is reserved for you." "Kai?" "Yes, Stanley?" "Are you back?" "Yes, I'm back." "Oh, thank you Kai." "God." "There will be an appropriate time - but not for you, dead man." "Xev, oh my" "Darling, you're hurt!" "Help her, Kai!" "Blow up the machine, Stan." "Yeah." "Lexx - blow up Mantrid's machine." "Do it now!" "As you command, Stan." "Good riddance." " Look!" " It was a decoy all along." "Correct!" "A decoy that only a second rate mechanic would fall for." "Of course I noticed the primitive little bug he placed in an early version of the machine I've become." "His death has given me particular pleasure, as yours soon will." "Your drone arms have already eaten most of this universe." "Is that not enough?" "Do you have to destroy everything?" "You're trying to reason with me, but I am a machine and will not respond in kind." "I tell you that part of my programming comes from the insect in me, so I get satisfaction in the destruction of humans and their habitat." "But my satisfaction will not be complete until I have destroyed you, last of the Brunnen G." "Then what are you waiting for?" "Here I am." "Why don't you come and destroy me now?" "Because I'm enjoying the game, and the game will end when you, the very last thing in this universe, succumb to me." "You will not have to wait long." "Our game is almost at its end." "Gently, gently!" "Don't harm my honey pot." "She'll be fine." "For the little time we have left." "So what now?" "Somebody?" "DarkLight Resync:" "Xenzai[NEF]"