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[NARRATOR] In our last episode, the puzzling character Zor

breaks free from the control of the Robotech Masters

and aids his comrades from the 15th Tactical Armored Division

in a daring escape from deep inside

an alien battleship.

Under the direction of General Emerson,

the 15th Squad makes its way back

to the command center of Earth's cosmic fleet.

The defection of Zor stuns the Robotech Masters.

He is their last hope to recapture

the Protoculture matrix.

Their confusion is compounded by the discovery

that Musica has also fled with the escaping earthlings.

And now, as the survivors make their way back,

the main fleet is ordered to retreat and regroup.

[CONTROLLER] Commander Leonard, the fleet has been ordered

to disengage from the enemy and fall back

on ALuUCE-1 for redeployment.

[LEONARD] Blast him! I question

General Emerson's level of commitment!

I can't believe he's ordering withdrawal

after only crippling one of the enemy's ships!

[CONTROLLER] Sir, the fleet has sustained heavy damages.

[LEONARD] And done little in response!

[OFFICER] This is sick bay, you need anything?

[SEAN] Just a second.

Well, what do you think, Bowie, how's she doing?

Oh, it's nothing I can't take care of.

She'll be all right. Thanks!

Hm! She may be all right now,

but just wait till the GMP gets her.

Remember what they did to Zor, with all those blood tests

and probes and brain-scanners and the rest of it?

- -[SEAN] Angelo! - -Don't worry about a thing.

Anybody who messes with Musica

is gonna have to mess with me first.

Yeah? And just what are you gonna do?

I'm not sure, but Musica's responsible for saving

our lives, and I'm not gonna let the GMP get

their greedy hands on her!

Ah, that's okay. But you better believe

the space port's gonna be crawling with GMP personnel.

I'm well aware of that, Angelo,

but don't worry, I'll think of something.

Meanwhile, we might just want to consider

our options in regards to our friend Zor.

I suspect the GMP's gonna have a field day with him.

Do you really think they'll believe that all of his actions

were controlled by the Robotech Masters?

They'll have to. You saw how he turned against them

and risked his life to get us out of there.

It's obvious he's rejected them,

and he's back on our side.

[ANGELO] Let's hope he stays that way.

[NARRATOR] Minutes later, the shuttle has safely landed

at the spaceport, there to be greeted

by none other than Officer Nova Satori

of the Global Military Police.

[NOVA] Welcome back, Lieutenant Sterling.

- -[ANGELO, DANA] Huh? - -[NOVA] Sergeant Dante.

Tell me, how's Zor? I assume he'll be all right?

Mm-hmm. They've just taken him to the infirmary.

But listen to me, Nova.

I hope the GMP will bear in mind that it's because of Zor

that we made it back in one piece.

Huh? Oh, it looks like somebody wasn't so lucky.

Nobody reported any serious injuries among your troopers.

Oh, but it's nothing!

Hmm? Then what the devil's he doing on a stretcher?

- -Nova, it's-- - -l don't know.

[NOVA] What's going on here, Corporal?

Why, Lieutenant Satori,

what a pleasure it is to see you, ma'am.

[NOVA] I bet it is. Look, if this trooper is injured,

why isn't he being transferred to the infirmary with Zor?

Really, Nova, it's no big deal.

We can take care of him ourselv-- Uh!

Is there any particular reason

why this trooper still has his helmet on?

- -Uhh... - -Huh?

No? Then why don't you do me a favor and take it off?

I'd like to have a look at him.

Uh, well, you see, the funny thing is, it's stuck.

Oh! Why don't you give it a try?

Well, all right, Nova, you win.

I only hope you try to understand.

[NOVA] Huh? Private Phillips, what are you doing there?

I got a piece of shrapnel in my big toe. Hm?

All right, something funny is going on around here.

What's so funny about a wounded big toe?

That can be very painful!

Whoa there, ma'am, simmer down.

I mean, after all, Lieutenant Satori

- -was only doing her job. - -Of course, you're right!

Nova, I've been a silly girl. Forgive me?

Oh, brother. Will you just pick him up and get him out of here?

You bet, right away! Well, you heard her, boys!

[BOWIE] Let me help.

Hey, Private Doppler!

Pick up the slack and carry your load!

We've got a representative of the GMP here.

What are you trying to do, embarrass me?

I'm sorry, sir.

[scoffs] Doppler?

[NARRATOR] Later, at the barracks of the 15th Squadron...

You're safe now, Musica.

Yeah, thanks to Sean and those amateur theatrics of his.

A piece of inspired improvisation,

if I do say so myself.

- -Your big toe! - -[laughter]

[NARRATOR] But at the headquarters of the GMP...

Are you absolutely positive of that?

Yes, ma'am, the only Private Doppler

in our records died in the first offensive

against the aliens.

[NOVA] Huh? Who's Dana hiding?

[gasps] One of the enemy?

No, not even Dana's capable of that. Or is she?

[DANA] There, let me take a look at you.

Oh, but this garment exposes my legs.

With legs like yours, I wouldn't let it bother me!

Come on, take a peak in the mirror.

Oh! Oh.

Voila, it looks fabulous! [laughs]

Now, why is it whenever I wear something like that

it makes me look about ten years old?

I'm sorry, Dana. I can't.

Hm! Now, don't be silly. It was made for youl!

Bowie, get in here right now!

- -Ma'am? - -[DANA] Come in here and give

us your honest evaluation.

Oh! Musica, it's lovely!

Thank you, Bowie.

But what would my sisters think if they could see it?

- -Musica? - -[telephone rings]

[gasps]

[DANA] Lieutenant Sterling.

Hi, you at the hospital? Yeah. How's Zor?

He's got a clean bill of health, and they're gonna let him out.

[DANA] Oh, Angelo, that's fabulous!

I think we should throw some kind of a party

tonight for him and Musica.

Uh, I don't know.

[DANA] We'll meet at The Moon of Havana

at eight o'clock sharp.

And I'll even treat you, you big gorilla!

Uh, hey, ma'am! Wait a minute!

[grunts]

[NARRATOR] Meanwhile, the defection of Musica

has not been forgotten by the Robotech Masters,

nor will it go unpunished.

I've never heard of any of the Muses

being taken to the detention blocks before.

Hmph. I think their sister was captured by the humans.

Excuse me. What have they done with our instruments?

Oh, please, we're lost without them.

All we know is making music.

Yes, that may be true.

But I don't believe you'll be needing

your instruments where you're going.

[ALLEGRA, OCTAVIA] Oh...

We were told to deliver these two into your keeping.

Ah, the Muses, they're expected in detention block five.

[BOTH gasp]

[GUARD] Make yourselves comfortable.

Oh, why have they done this to us?

[OCTAVIA] Musica. It's because of Musica!

- -Octavia! - -Well, it's true, isn't it?

It's because Musica abandoned us and betrayed her own people.

They can't understand that her sins are not ours,

so they've cast us away in here.

Never to be set free.

Octavia, be at peace.

No matter what, Musica is our sister, we three are one.

And we must not ever forget that, Octavia.

[ROBOTECH MASTER 1] So dangerously erratic behavior

such as Musica's will become increasingly common?

Yes, My Lord.

The two causes being the decrease

in our supply of Protoculture

and the increase in our contacts with the humans.

What the earthlings call emotions have

a radically destabilizing effect on our people.

I begin to rue the day I first heard

this word, "emotions."

If something isn't done very quickly, My Lord,

this pestilence will not be confined

merely to the members of the younger generations.

If you will view the monitor, My Lords.

I am summoning an image of our proto-production farm.

As you know, our Protoculture reservoirs

are already dangerously low,

and now fully two-thirds of those culture pods

still in operation have been infected

- -by the Invid Flower of Life. - -Mm.

The Protoculture thus infected is no longer of any use.

The same phenomenon could be happening

at the Protoculture site on Earth.

It may already have degenerated to a useless level of potency.

Mm. That is true, and we know

that wherever the Invid Flower of Life is found,

the Invid themselves cannot be far behind.

Then we must retrieve the Protoculture

before their arrival.

[ROBOTECH MASTER 1] Indeed. If we are too late,

then our species faces extinction.

[BOTH grunt]

- -[piano music playing] - -[PATRONS chattering]

[ALL cheering]

[SEAN] Yeah! Play it, Bowie!

You got it!

- -[SEAN] Musica? - -Huh?

I bet you must be just a little bit homesick, hmm?

- -[MUSICA] Hmm. - -[SEAN chuckles]

Believe me, all of us are.

You just gotta accept fate and try to make the best of it.

[ZOR] To accept my fate.

[NOVA] I'm gonna get to the bottom

of this little cat and mouse game

if it's the last thing I do.

[NOVA] All right, Dana, what are you up to?

Ahh.

[NOVA] Zor. How are you feeling?

I'm fine. Just fine.

- -Care to join us? - -[NOVA] I'd like that.

Why, Noval!

Do you mind if I sit down?

[DANA] No, no, no, course not!

- -Please sit down. - -[INOVA] Thank you.

I don't believe that we have met.

I'm Nova Satori of the GMP.

- -A friend? - -Uh...

Uhh... oh, her? Really, you've never met?

She's a friend of Bowie's, a musician, I think.

She plays the ukulele or something like that.

I'm not exactly sure.

A musician, eh?

Not exactly the talkative type, is she?

What's the matter? Is there a new law

against people being shy?

- -[PEOPLE cheering] - -Huh?

- -[INOVA] Huh? - -[cheering]

[MAN 1] Play some more!

[MAN 2] Come on! There you go.

- -IDANA, SEAN] Encore! Encore! - -[INOVA] Huh?

[SEAN] Once more with feeling, huh?

Hmm?

[piano continues]

[MUSICA] If my sisters were here,

we would show them music.

[ALLEGRA] Your sisters are here now.

We will make music, and everything will be all right.

- -Oh? - -Sister?

- -Leave me alone! - -Oh!

Bowie! I... I must find Bowie!

[MUSICA] l... I betrayed them.

[crying] Oh, sisters, forgive me.

- -[INOVA] Huh? - -No, Musica.

You can't be forgiven.

[SEAN] Sit down, Zor, and shut up!

There can be no forgiveness

for he who betrays the people that trust him.

You and I are beyond forgiveness.

[ANGELO] Hey, calm down, Zor! What's eating ya?

Hey, Zor, come back here!

- -[DANA gasps] - -[SEAN] Oh, no.

Nova, I'm sorry, but if you'll excuse us,

we have to get her back to the barracks.

- -Hmm? - -Just a minute, Louie.

What's going on?

Well, I think it's just subspace shuttle lag.

Everybody's a little tired.

- -Excuse me, ma'am. - -[INOVA] Huh?

[scoffs] Who do these people think they're dealing with?

Some kind of dummy?

[SEAN] That could have been a close call.

I don't like to slice it that fine.

Nova's no dummy. I think she smells a rat.

Maybe, but we're safe for now, at least.

- -[BOWIE] There you are! - -Of course.

Here comes your knight in shining armor.

- -Hey! - -[MUSICA] Bowie!

[BOWIE] Everything's all right now.

What was that scene at the restaurant about?

Just bloodhound Nova, on the track of enemy agents.

That's all.

Mm-hmm! But don't worry, nobody's going to harm Musica,

not while we're around.

[ANGELO] You crazy fool!

[ZOR] Will you please leave me alone?

I don't like the sound of that.

[SEAN] Let's check it out.

[DANA] Come on!

[ANGELO] What do you mean, you'd rather have

stayed on that ship?

[ZOR] That's precisely what I mean, Angelo.

That ship is where I belong.

You'd probably be dead now, did that occur to you?

I'm aware of that.

In fact, that's exactly my point.

- -What? - -[ZOR] Can't you see it?

A hero's funeral.

A golden opportunity for you

to display those wonderful emotions of yours.

Weeping for your fallen comrade and all that.

[ANGELO] Why, you! Shut your mouth!

- -Hey! - -Stop it, Angelo! Cut it out!

Sorry, ma'am. But I wasn't about to stand by

and let this jerk get away with sayin' stuff like that.

Get up, you ain't hurt. Listen here.

Plenty of our best guys have gone out on missions

and never come back durin' this war,

and I won't have any ungrateful little skunks like you

making fun of those men.

[ZOR grunts]

So, I should be happy I'm alive

to go out and kill again tomorrow?

[ANGELO] I ain't gonna listen to this!

Stop it, now, just back off!

- -Huh? - -[MUSICA sobbing]

[BOWIE] Musica! Musica, what is it?

Zor, I... I think I know why you've done this.

But you've got to start trying to forget

about whatever may have happened in the past.

What's done is done.

Anyway, you had no control over anything.

Now it's time for us to begin again.

To begin what?

Tell me, Dana, what is there left for me?

- -[DANA] Hmm. - -It will always be the same.

I can trust nothing, not even my own mind!

I'm tired of being manipulated, can't you see that?

- -I'm tired of it! - -[ANGELO] Huh?

[DANA gasps]

Hey, wait a minute!

Will you just leave me alone? It's my problem!

He might do something rash.

- -Oh! - -Hmm? Musica?

Oh, Bowie, I'm so sorry.

I feel like all this is my fault,

I never should have... [sobs]

That's nonsense, Musica. Hubh...? Listen.

And after everything all of you have done for me.

Oh, Bowie. Why am I so unhappy?

It's easy to understand... why you're upset.

The simple fact is that your people

and mine are at war, Musica.

But that doesn't matter.

Because you and I will be different.

Because we'll be an island of peace

in the middle of an ocean of hatred and misery.

- -Bowie. - -Hm?

Anyway, the war's gotta end someday.

And, well, until it does,

at least we've got each other.

[NARRATOR] But at that very moment,

at the headquarters of the GMP...

Hold on! What are you saying? A secret agent? Where?

[MAN on phone] Her name's Musica.

You'll find her at the barracks of the 15th Squadron.

You mean the girl I met at The Moon of Havana?

[MAN] Yes, that's the one.

I suggest you apprehend her quickly,

- -before she manages-- - -Hey now,

hold on just a second there!

Who is this anyway?

[ZOR] Can't you guess? This is Zor.

[gasps] Zor, what the...

Say, what's going on over--

Wait, Zor! Wait.

Uh... Oh!

[NOVA] I can't believe it, it's just as I suspected.

But why is Zor betraying her?

[sighs]

Anybody know where Musica is?

Out with her Don Juan, where else?

By that, I guess you mean Bowie.

Huh?

[DANA] Anybody know where Musica is?

[voice echoing]

[SEAN] Out with her Don Juan, where else?

[voice echoing]

[MUSICA] A Come 7

- -Hmm? - -fi Let me show you 7

- -fi Let me show you 7

[NOVA] I'll handle this one myself.

[MUSICA] 5 Our common bond 7

- -Dismissed! - -F It's the reason that we live 7

A Flower 7

7 Let me hold you 7

7 We depend upon 7

Fi The power 7~

F That you give 7

7 We shall protect 7

A The seeds 7

A Or we 7

- -[siren wailing] - -7 Shall all fade away 7

[gasps]

What was that?

- -Huh? - -Oh.

Excuse me for barging in,

but Musica, in your song, you said something

about The Flower of Life?

- -Was that it? - -Yes. That's right.

Bowie, I'm sure of it!

It's the flower we found in the SDF-1!

- -Oh? - -[DANA] Remember the day

we visited the ruins of the battlefortress?

Those strange flowers that moved by themselves?

That terrible cavern like some, some huge greenhouse?

I do recall, ma'am, but do you really think

there's any connection?

Yep! Don't ask me why, but I'm positive.

I suppose it could be.

What?

Musica, do you think it's possible

that some of these flowers might be found

right here on Earth?

I hope for your sake there are none of them here.

The Flowers of Life are very often accompanied

by great evil.

[DANA] Oh.

Hmm?

[NOVA] Well?

- -[ZOR] Up th e - -Aha! ~

I've got some bad news, you guys!

Huh? Louie! What in the world's going on?

It's Nova, she's right outside!

And she wants to see you.

Oh, she does? All right.

Don't worry, Bowie, I'll take care of it.

- -[LOUIE] Huh? - -[DANA] Come on, Louie.

Let's go see what Officer Satori wants.

[NOVA] Well, is she coming down or not?

Nova! How the heck are ya?

Hm? It's about time, Dana.

Hmm. Let me guess,

did you drop by to borrow a cup of sugar?

I'm afraid the party's over.

I've been informed that you have an uninvited guest here.

- -[DANA] We do? - -Tell me,

does the name Musica happen to mean anything to you?

Huh... Musica?

It sounds like a nightclub singer.

Now why would I know a person like that?

You can stop playing the fool.

One of your own troopers told me.

In fact, it was Zor.

[DANA] What? Zor?

- -What? - -Huh?

[NOVA] I must say, I was a little surprised

by the source myself.

The game's up, Dana. Turn her over to me.

And you'd better make it fast,

or I'll have the whole 15th Squadron arrested.

[sighs]

All right. But Musica's a civilian.

She has nothing to do with their army.

You'll just have to let me be the judge of that.

But, Nova, she saved our lives. Doesn't that mean anything?

Your personal feelings are clouding your judgment, Dana.

Huh? Hmm.

You know, you disappoint me!

[gasps] Me? Ahh!

It's funny, Nova, but I never thought

you'd be the type to get so caught up in your job

that you're blinded to what's really going on!

The so-called enemy agent should be given a medal,

not dragged away for interrogation!

And there's one more thing, Miss high-and-mighty GMP!

It just so happens that Bowie and Musica love each other!

You got that? But I can't expect

a little thing like that to make any difference to you.

It's killing the enemy, not falling in love

with them that counts.

Hmph! Come on, let's go!

I don't know what your game is, Zor, but thanks a lot!

Ha!

[DANA] Here it is. Don't bother to knock.

All right, boys.

Okay, open it.

[SOLDIER 1] Huh? What the...

Ma'am, you better come in here.

[SOLDIER 2] What is it?

- -Huh? - -Huh?

I see.

You were just stalling me long enough

for the bird to fly the coop!

No, I-- [sighs]

[LOUIE] Where do you think they might have gone?

[SEAN] I have no idea.

[LOUIE] Zor's behavior is very puzzling.

[ANGELO] Not to me, it ain't! The guy's a rat!

[BOWIE] Come on!

- -[MUSICA] Oh! - -Are you all right?

Come on!

- -[gasps] - -Hurry!

Come on, now. You can do it, Musica.

We're almost there. Just a little bit farther.

Come on.

[NARRATOR] In the next episode,

Bowie and Musica become fugitives,

fleeing from a trap set for them by Nova Satori.

At the site of the SDF-1,

amid the wreckage of the First Robotech War,

they make a startling discovery

concerning the nature of Protoculture

and the relationship of this mysterious energy force

to the Invid.

Watch for "Final Nightmare"

and learn the secrets of the Invid Flower of Life,

next on Robotech.

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