"My own people are plotting against me..." "All since my water was stolen" "By that abomination who calls himself" ""King of the deviates"" " Terek." "People are angry" "Because you poisoned that water" "To discredit Terek," "And they found you out." "Ah!" "You don't feel sympathy for that" "That monster, do you?" "At least he was trying to help people." "Open your eyes, Aura." "The streets are filled with unrest." "The cantons have turned against me." "Rebellion may not be far behind." "And, if i am brought down," "You will be right there with me, daughter." "We should've never tried to handle this on our own." "If we hadn't..." "Maybe Joe would be alive." "Yes." "If we'd been honest with Joe from the start," "He'd be with us here now." "There's only one way to make sure we're all safe." "We have to tell the world the truth." "Huh?" "Knowledge of an alien planet" "May be quite disturbing to your people." "Do you really believe they will be able to accept it?" "Well, they may not have a choice, Baylin." "If Ming's really getting ready to destroy the planet," "They have a right to know." "But only if we can't stop Ming." "First, we have to make sure" "He can never attack the Earth again." "How?" "We can't blow up the rift generator" "Without blowing the xyrilium core," "And maybe destroying the ecology of both planets." "If we can't take out the rift generator then it's time we take out Ming." "You the dolan?" "...Flash Gordon." "Yes." "I know about you." "I had a feeling you might." "Do i need this?" "I am not your enemy." "I serve ming, yes," "But our duties to the prophecy come first." "That's what i'm here about." "You know rankol?" "We have spoken." "He's told me of some prophecies." "They speak of someone" "Coming to take ming down." "For a while, he even thought i was supposed to be that guy." "Gns are on you." "You are the water bearer," "The child who shall replace the father." "The help from afar." "Hey, no offense?" "I'm not too big on the whole destiny thing." "You do not wish to be our savior?" "No!" "But if the savior's" "The only one who can take down ming," "Then i'm willing to step up." "What would you have me do?" "Make a proclamation." "Tell people that i'm the one." "Maybe i can unite the cantons" "Long enough to take down ming." "It is possible..." "But only if you are truly the one!" "I thought i'd passed every test." "There is one more." "It is foretold" "That the uniter will begin his campaign" "By warming the heart" "And earning the favors of a distant queen." "I don't have time for another test." "I need to take ming down now." "What you need to do now, flash gordon," "Is to fulfill your destiny!" "Guess it's too much to be asked to be dropped in Hawaii." "What in the heck is this thing?" "Oh, no." "No, no, no, no, no!" "That is seriously wrong!" "No." "That's cold, that's cold..." "That's cold, that's cold!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey, stop!" "Stay back, blondie." "I can defend myself." "Hey, i don't really doubt that fact." "I'm not looking for trouble, all right?" "Can you just tell me where i am?" "The frigian wastelands." "How did you get out this far" "Without transport?" "Kind of just got dropped off here, wearing this." "A glassine weather suit." "Nice equipment, it's very expensive." "Whoever gave you that didn't want you to freeze to death" "At least not right away." "Look..." "If you're planning on shooting me and stealing this," "Can we just, you know, maybe make a deal first?" "If i wanted to steal your suit, blondie, you'd be naked by now." "I'm brini." "Flash Gordon." "Why are you here?" "Apparently, to save someone." "A queen." "The frigian queen?" "Yeah." "Can you take me to her?" "I'll tell you what." "You help me with my harvest," "And i'll take you to the frigian capital." "Yeah, that's not going to work." "I'm sort of in a bit of hurry." "Well..." "It'll take you about three moonrises to walk it." "Bit of advice," "You'll run into a lot of frost bears..." "Don't try to pet them." "Something's wrong." "Flash should've been back by now." "I have checked our usual places." "He has not been seen." "You don't suppose that he's been captured by ming?" "And maybe he's being tortured," "Or put into some horrible mind-Sucking machine" "Zarkov!" "I will make a foray into the prisons, to be sure." "This is what i'm talking about." "We can't handle this alone." "We need help." "Flash is an extraordinary person." "Give him the time to succeed." "And if he doesn't?" "Then what?" "I'm going home." "And i hope one of you comes back to tell me" "That flash is okay," "And that ming has been stopped." "What if we don't?" "Or we can't?" "We have no choice anymore." "It's time we let the world know." "Terek." "Are you in such a hurry to die?" "I wanted you alone and unprotected so that we could" "Talk privately." "What more do you and your kind want?" "I have already assigned you a prefect." "That was aura's doing, not yours." "If it were up to you," "I would've been erased," "Along with all deviates." "And yet..." "I can help you." "How could you possibly help me?" "Your people are turning against you," "But together, we'll show them you are a benevolent father" "Who loves all of his children," "No matter their flaws." "They would revere you." "And?" "In return?" "All i ever wanted..." "Recognition for what i am." "Canton status for you would change nothing." "People will continue to hate and fear deviates." "You're right." "Until they know" "Who the real deviates are father." "No..." "You could not have survived." "But i did!" "And now fate has returned me where i belong." "At my father's side." "As his true son and heir." "Never." "I am never unprotected." "You should have stayed away..." "and lived." "We have to stop dale..." "Otherwise we may never make it home," "If there's even a home to get to..." "One thing at a time." "I will search for flash." "Wait, that device of yours..." "The one that chirps" "When earth things are found on mongo?" "The dimensional frequency reader?" "It could be helpful in locating flash." "Yeah, that's a good idea!" "If anybody can find him, you can." "Right?" "That's what you're good at!" "I'm a hunter, it's what i do." "What you do..." "You are a scientist." "Find a way to disable the rift generator" "And stop dale." "I will look for flash." "Yeah!" "I've never seen someone like you before, brini." "What canton are you from?" "The tritons." "We live beneath the southern seas." "Why do you come all this way to harvest ice?" "Why don't you get your water from ming?" "Because i would rather be" "Executed for poaching," "Than kiss someone's behind" "For an allocation." "Th why i have never heard" "Of the tritons fighting ming?" "Because we don't care who rules" "Whether it's verden..." "Or ming..." "Or you." "It's all the same" "Diglish dung to us." "You know, ming stays in power because of attitudes like that." "I got to get one of those." "For your trouble." "I heard you're working with flash gordon?" "Keep it." "Tell him he has supporters." "Every canton is turning." "I will tell him when i find him." "Has he been through here?" "Not this day." "Or last..." "Hey!" "Out there!" "Flash Gordon's friend?" "You say Flash is in trouble?" "Yes." "I have excellent hearing." "Save the jokes." "I said nothing." "Get the guard to let me out and i'll help you find flash." "Why would you do that?" "A debt of honor to a man who's been a friend to me." "I am terek of the deviates." "One of many on mongo" "Who are ready to fight for freedom." "When we get this loaded up," "You can take me to see the queen, right?" "I'm afraid it's going to be" "A little more complicated." "What?" "What are you talking about?" "Well, the capital is that way," "And i'm heading south." "If you start walking now, you'll make it by next moonrise." "Wait a minute!" "I helped you out, we had a deal!" "And i'd like to return the favor, really," "But the frigians haven't exactly" "Been that friendly to me these days." "Why don't you come with me?" "You'd like the Tritons." "Yeah, you know what?" "Thanks for nothing." "Thanks for wasting my time." "Fine, whatever." "It's your loss." "Ice poachers, halt!" "No, no, no, no!" "We're not ice poachers!" "You are prisoners in the queen's name!" "Your crime is grave." "The ancient ice of frigia" "Is my sacred duty to protect," "In the queen's name." "Where is your queen?" "Taken from us, sadly." "Until her hallowed return, i shall rule as her regent." "Count Malo, let me buy the ice," "As my people did when queen Fria ruled." "Silence!" "The ancient ice" "Is for frigians only." "If the tritons want water, then they can go to ming." "Never." "Then you know the punishment for poachers." "You'll be stripped of all your equipment" "And left exposed on the snowfield." "Wait!" "I didn't come here to steal anything." "I was sent here" "To help your queen!" "He is the one?" "This kind of stuff happens to me." "Queen fria has been trapped for many cycles" "In the cave of the ice worm." "In her absence," "It has been my honor" "To care for her people." "You couldn't rescue her?" "Many brave warriors have died trying." "It is said that the man who frees her" "Will become the ruler." "Well, not everything's preordained," "But if you let me go, i'll do what i can do." "Very well." "You have my leave to try." "Return his equipment." "Hers too." "She's with me." "Give the poacher back her things." "The sacred ice stays here." "By ming's order, none leaves frigia." "Mine." "I believe i've underestimated you." "What do you mean?" "I thought you were a shallow child..." "Trying your hand at politics." "You knew." "You knew what terek is" "And you kept it from me." "What do you mean, "what he is"?" "Your womb-Mate." "Your brother." "And your son." "No!" "I will never acknowledge a son like him." "Never!" "Did you think" "We would become one happy family," "Sharing this empire?" "Did you imagine i would let anyone..." "Threaten what i have built with my own blood?" "Once he is dead," "You will never speak of him again." "Now come say your goodbyes." "Go!" "Dale!" "Didn't you get my messages?" "I tried your cell about 30 times." "Sorry." "Battery's dead." "Okay, sure." "Look, dale, i'm onto something," "And you need to hear it." "I've been looking" "Into this thing with lake kendal" "Yeah, drained in a sinkhole..." "How weird is that?" "Not weird enough." "There was no sinkhole." "I checked." "And the water didn't drain away..." "It disappeared." "That's impossible." "Yeah, that's what the geologists said..." "Before they were replaced" "By military guys in hazmat suits" "And the government put a blackout over the whole story." "Why would they do that?" "You tell me." "There's something going on here, dale." "Something that can't be explained" "By anything on this planet, and you know it." "Joely, i don't... please." "You know what?" "While you've been awol," "I've been following up leads" "About every alien story in the state." "And every trail i find" "Leads right back to you..." "You and flash gordon." "I apologize for the lack of an honor guard," "Benevolent father." "Many of them have been called" "To keep the public peace." "Which cell holds the deviate terek?" "I'm sorry, benevolent father," "I don't know who you mean." "He was brought down by my pleasure guards" "Earlier today." "A deviate with a deformity by his ear!" "I'd remember someone like that." "I have no record of him." "Nothing." "Oh, what have you fools done?" "Why, father..." "Have you misplaced something?" "Oh, i should throw you in this cell" "In his place!" "And how would that look to your people?" "It would make them hate you even more, would it not?" "What have you become?" "Only what you've made me." "We are fools to be doing this." "Then why aren't you heading south?" "I would..." "But you saved me from an execution." "I'm in your debt." "Just because your poaching nearly got me killed?" "Think nothing of it." "I was trying to help my people." "You'd do the same." "Or do you only help frozen royalty?" "By saving queen fria," "I have a chance to take down ming." "Wonderful goal." "Too bad you won't make it." "Excuse me?" "No one survives the ice worm." "We're both going to our deaths." "Wait a second." "Ice worm?" "Just tell me what you know." "A police contact showed me something" "He probably shouldn't have..." "Joe's psych report." "Where he tried to tell them about the other planet?" "They thought he was crazy," "But he wasn't, was he?" "No." "Joe was right all along." "Oh, my god." "Oh, my god!" "I knew it." "It's all true." "There really is something out there." "Do you realize how huge this is?" "This story is too big" "To keep secret." "I know." "But there's someone i need to talk to first." "Yelad elte." "Elte kimol." "Yelad elte." "Elte kimol." "Yelad elte." "Rankol?" "Baylin." "Have you come looking for flash gordon?" "What are you doing here?" "Praying..." "For safe passage for a traveler." "Only the monks pray here." "You're one of them?" "If ming knew..." "He would have my head for my divided loyalties." "Yes." "But my fear, or lack of fear, changes nothing." "Destiny determines all." "Is this your excuse for staying silent" "While your own people are slaughtered?" ""My people"?" "Must i serve the deviate cause alone," "Because my body has betrayed me?" "Can i not be a scientist first, or a monk?" "I only care what you have done with flash gordon." "I've done nothing." "He is being tested." "Tested?" "How?" "Where?" "You must understand," "It is forbidden for me" "To attempt to interfere with his destiny..." "But if fate takes his friends" "To frigia..." "Who am i to interfere?" "So, uh..." "Any chance this ice worm is maybe not as big," "Or possibly just a legend?" "Then it's a legend" "That's killed hundreds of frigians." "But i'm glad" "You're with me, flash gordon." "Th for the confidence, brini." "You're welcome." "We tritons don't like to die alone." "Brini, wait!" "What?" "Flash is nearby." "I see nothing." "The last time this device" "Detected something we could not see," "It was directly under us." "Here." "Those hould hold." "We are safe." "You are welcom" "That's great, but how?" "It seems you have many friends," "In high places and low." "That's good to know." "Brini!" "Brini!" "I think she's alive." "If the cold slows het," "She could survive, but very briefly." "Turn up your weather suits as high as it goes" "It's our only chance!" "Come on!" "Come on, brini, come on." "Brini, you can do it." "Come on!" "I think it's working." "It's melting, it's working." "It's working." "She's alive." "What?" "Come on, brini!" "Stay with us." "Come on, honey." "And this ruler, ming..." "He wants our water?" "He'll take everything he can get his hands on." "And a lot of people will be hurt, or killed." "Unless you make this broadcast" "And tell the world what is going on." "At least people can prepare for the worst." "Be ready if ming comes." "It may be our only chance, norah." "After lawrence disappeared," "The men in the suits came," "And they warned me" "To keep quiet about his work." "I knew that those men were capable" "Of doing anything," "Of hurting anyone." "We won't involve you." "Dale, it's you," "And anyone else who knows about this." "Halt." "You know, i really appreciate you saving me," "But this is where we need to part ways." "You know, traveling with this one" "Will get you killed." "One grows accustomed to it." "I'm sorry," "But i really need to reach triton alive." "I understand." "We'll be all right." "I hope so." "But you probably won't be." "Now would be a good time to explain" "What you are doing here." "Well, it's complicated, all right?" "If i save queen fria," "I gain the support of the celetroph monks" "To unite the cantons." "If the monks think that you're destined" "To destroy ming..." "Then maybe we're destined" "To help you do it." "But you told me" "That i was wrong to aid flash gordon." "But now you have acted alone," "And sent him to frigia." "Why?" "The fates placed flash gordon into my hands." "He is set on course" "To prove that he is the one." "Then i was not wrong?" "If he is meant to be the one," "He will survive frigia." "And if not?" "Then we'll look elsewhere for our salvation." "So, what do you know about this ice worm?" "Only that no one has ever survived it." "This is the lair." "Somebody built a fire?" "Those are pulverized bones." "The excretion of the ice worm." "I'm going to pretend that's a fire." "Over here." "I'm guessing this is queen fria." "How do we get her out?" "The same way we got out brini." "Turn up your weather suits." "Get comfortable." "We could be here for a while." "Step away from her." "I am impressed," "Flash gordon." "Legends are usually disappointing," "But here you are." "And you've added two companions" "To your quest" " A verden and a deviate, no less." "I'm guessing you're not eager" "To give up the frigian throne?" "Ming and i don't agree on everything," "But we do agree that holding on to power" "Can be most rewarding." "Where i'm from, that's called greed." "Put them in ice shackles." "If our guests" "Wish to learn more about frigia," "Then they can do so in the belly of the ice-worm." "They say that frost sickness deadens the pain." "When the ice worm begins to gnaw the marrow from your bones..." "You'll hardly feel a thing." "It is drawn to movement." "Your struggles will attract it eventually." "But... this will draw it much faster." "When the ice worm begins to feed," "You'll still be alive." "Malo is wrong." "Our struggles will counteract any frost sickness." "We will feel everything." "You summoned me," "Benevolent father?" "Yes." "I have the solution" "To our constant shortfalls of source water." "We will set up a transport system" "To bring down large volumes of pre-Sorrow ice from frigia." "Frigian ice?" "And you believe count malo will so easily comply?" "He has already shown his loyalty" "By ceasing all ice trade with the other cantons." "And, since malo became regent," "Queen fria's people" "?" "Compliant." "Begin the preparations." "The reality of a dangerous planet beyond ours" "Is frightening and hard to fathom." "But given the shocking evidence" "That i've just shown you," "I hope everyone watching will take this warning" "Seriously." "I'm dale arden, wlad channel 4." "Do you think that'll convince them?" "It sure as hell convinced me." "That's one scary bombshell you just dropped." "That's the idea." "Of course, it'll be better" "Once we cut in all the evidence" "You just talked about" "And actually put it on air." "I know." "Just say the word, and i'm on it." "Now if we only had a photo of the rifts..." "Um..." "What are you doing?" "With our tape?" "Dale?" "I don't know." "Well... i can guess what happens here." "The mind tap!" "Ohh..." "Would it be asking too much to find an instruction manual?" "Leave me alone, rankol!" "I don't know what an imex is." "Just let me go home." "Dr. Hiller..." "Is that you?" "I'm sorry, do i know you?" "It's me, hans zarkov, from earth." "Dr. Zarkov?" "So, you..." "You weren't captured by rankol's mind-Tap device?" "You have your own free will?" "Yes." "Then you should get out." "Escape while you can!" "I can't..." "They made a device" "A dimensional-Rift generator" "And i have to destroy it." "How do i do that?" "Is it even possible?" "Only dr." "Gordon could answer that." "Are you saying that dr." "Gordon's alive?" "Is he in there with you?" "Come on, guys!" "Don't give up on me!" "If we can just" "Get these ice shackles to melt a bit..." "We may have a chance." "We will only delay the end." "Their device will bring the beast." "And our increased blood flow will only make us more aware," "As our bones" "Are ground into powder." "Ha, ha!" "See?" "I told you!" "Ow!" "All right!" "Turn my suit on." "I can't reach it!" "I'm sorry." "We're going to get out of here." "Something's approaching." "Hey, blondie." "You didn't think i was really" "Going to leave you here to be eaten alive?" "Actually, yeah, kind of, i did." "I'm hurt." "Isn't there something you want to say?" "Yeah." "Baylin, would you kill her for me, please?" "Come on, come on, come on!" "Oh, man." "Hurry up!" "Turn it off!" "The ice worm is near." "How near?" "Can we outrun it?" "I cannot tell which tunnel it is in." "We might run right into it." "We got to do something!" "Geez!" "Baylin... brini..." "Get the ice-Cutter." "Quickly." "The symbol, what does it mean?" "I guess you've never seen wile e." "Coyote?" "You're a strange man, flash gordon." "Why is this thing not attacking us?" "Perhaps it's toying with its next meal." "Which tunnel is he going to come out of?" "Flash." "Flash!" "Flash!" "Cut it down!" "Cut it down now!" "Okay." "It is dead." "Your plan worked." "You don't have to sound so surprised about that." "We should really be getting out of here." "We will." "As soon as i finish what i started." "Ming's patriots will mine the ice," "And we will guarantee them a safe passage." "This heralds a new age of partnership" "With the great ming." "The queen!" "The queen!" "Not while i reign!" "Queen fria." "Your most humble servant." "Not too humble to fill my throne." "Or to strike a bargain" "With ming." "Trying to serve your people, my queen." "By closing our borders?" "Refusing to trade our ice to the other cantons?" "Well, i was only guarding your interests." "You looked after your own interests," "And none other." "I will let you live, count malo." "But you will be encased in ice" "For 20 cycles..." "As i was." "And who knows?" "Perhaps you will emerge" "A wiser man." "No." "No, you can't!" "No!" "No!" "You can't!" "I was only serving the people of frigia!" "No!" "You can't, no!" "Prepare a celebration!" "I will be bonded," "And flash gordon" "Will rule frigia at my side!" "Uh... what?" "Wait, wait." "What?" "It is your right, as my rescuer." "Uh... but there wasn't just one rescuer, all right?" "I couldn't done it without Terek and Baylin and Brini" "She was almost executed for poaching ice" "Take all the ice you need" "Then we can trade again" "I am Brinnika of the Tritonus daugther of the Reev Jalen" "Daughter of the Triton King" "Our two tribes will be new allies" "Your father is a ruler of the Tritonus?" "So that makes you a queen?" "Aha." "And if you will fight Ming, my people will fight with you." "As will the people of Frigia!" "Thank you." "Both of you." "Which frozen queen I was supposed to rescue, they are both frozen..." "Then you have fulfilled the prophecy twice over" "Maybe not the prophecy says that warrior child who will replace Ming" "Will be Ming's child, Rankol has said, that was me." "Then who is it?" "You have returned!" "And alive!" "A take that you succeeded." "You can say that." "Frigian queen is melted and the Triton queen." "They were both frozen." "And both pledged support in fight against Ming" "Then we are also ready to put our power behind Flash Gordon" "See this is where things are getting complicated" "I'm afraid that I'm not a guy you are looking for" "But you fulfilled the prophecy?" "You rescued the Queen." "Actually it was the Terek who did the rescuing" "He's the hero you have been waiting for." "But you are the warrior child come to take the fathers place" "The water-bearer, reborn." "I'm afraid that we got that wrong as well." "Terek was sentenced to purge at birth he was not to survive" "His parentage was unknown and unproven until now." "Ming is my father" "Delegation from Frigia has arrived, sire" "Excellent Rankol, bring them in." "Malo, I known I can rely on your support" "I believe that was Malo's greed that you could rely last 20 cycles on, Ming." "Fria!" "What an unexpected surprise!" "And how unexpected to see me alive!" "The traitor count Malo has been removed from my throne" "Malo and I was always a great allies and I do hope you and I can be the same" "I have a new advisor, he strongly believes that you are not to be trusted." "Ha-ha-ha..." "And who is this misguided advisor?" "Flash Gordon!" "Frigia will stand on its own now" "Our ice will be sold freely to any who wish to trade for it except you, of course." "Rankol mobilize all my patriots prepare for war!"