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[swords clashing]

MAN: I hate these damn training fights.

REYNOLDS: You'd like them more if you did them better.

2ND MAN: Blast it!

MAN: Why, you arrogant little --

ROBERT: Stop! Stop I tell you. That's enough. This is battle training, not a drunken brawl. Skill, not stupidity.

REYNOLDS: Then let's go again.

ROBERT: No, that's enough for today.

Now pick up all those weapons you dropped.

MAN: Try to hang onto this.

2ND MAN: You did no better.

MAN: This isn't over.

REYNOLDS: Very well.

What's wrong?

ROBERT: I hired those boys to spar with you, not to hurt you.

REYNOLDS: Their skills are excellent.

ROBERT: Aye, they know what they're doing with a sword. It's their character that has me worried.

They came with questionable references.

REYNOLDS: Then why use them?

ROBERT: Because my purse is nearly empty.

REYNOLDS: The need to protect the King has never been greater. One would think he would receive his --

ROBERT: The Queen.

QUEEN: Master Robert.

ROBERT: At your service, Your Majesty.

QUEEN: And this must be the young Captain Reynolds.

REYNOLDS: At your service, Your Majesty.

QUEEN: I was informed that you would be using the Queen's Retreat today.

ROBERT: Your Majesty, the grounds are perfect for their training.

QUEEN: The soldiers are training closer and closer to our living quarters.

Soon, there will be maneuvers in our bed chambers.

Captain. Come walk with me.

Captain, as you are aware, the Princess Gwendolyn is to be married to a Sarcenian, King Alfred.

King Alfred has sent a company of his soldiers to escort the Princess to their wedding.

There is some question as to the...

...integrity of the Sarcenian soldiers.

REYNOLDS: Mercenaries, most all of them. Not very well trained, I'm afraid.

QUEEN: The King is aware of that.

The King...

has approved a plan whereby one of our highly skilled and accomplished officers

and a few of his, shall we say, friends

would pose as civilians and join the Sarcenian procession.

Well, I think it is a splendid plan. Don't you?

REYNOLDS: Your Highness...

I'm flattered and honored that I have been considered for such a mastery assignment

but if I may be candid?

QUEEN: Please, do so.

REYNOLDS: To send someone of my expertise on what is no more than a chaperone's job

while the King needs me in far more dangerous regions....

QUEEN: So you would prefer not to go?

REYNOLDS: But if the King so wishes --

QUEEN: The King will not order you to go.

Captain, the King's enemies are growing, not just in their numbers, but in their ruthless brutality.

The Princess will be vulnerable on her journey. She's going into wilderness, into lawless land.

As her mother...

I want the best.

REYNOLDS: Your Majesty.

As I recall, Master Robert spent some time in his youth in Sarcenia

and has often spoken of returning.

And I know that a few of my friends would be happy to tag along.

[triumphant music playing]

[horses neighing]

[swords clashing]

GERALD: The Queen did have a good plan. It just didn't work.

A band of mercenaries suddenly attacked, and our Sarcenian soldiers ran off with the horses.

Captain Reynolds was left with a hand maiden, an ambassador,

and a few disbursed members of the still loyal King's Guard, and one very cantankerous Princess.

PRINCESS: Sir Gerald, make them stop!

GERALD: The Princess says stop!

REYNOLDS: No, no, keep going! Why have you stopped?

PRINCESS: We must stop.

REYNOLDS: This is no place to stop, Your Highness.

Come on, all of you. Get going now!

PRINCESS: No, we are staying here!

REYNOLDS: I said move! That's an order!

PRINCESS: And I command them to stay where they are.

Or have you forgotten, Captain, that I am the King's daughter?

REYNOLDS: I will never forget who you are, Princess Gwendolyn. That is why you must let me do my job.

PRINCESS: Running me to death is not your job.

REYNOLDS: Keeping you and your dowry safe is. So please...

PRINCESS: What a fine job you have done at that, Captain.

REYNOLDS: It was your future husband's army of underpaid rabble

which ran the moment these bandits attacked.

[bandits screaming]

[swords clashing]

MAN: Ah!

[elbows]

[punches]

MAN: Ah!

KATIE: Look out!

[bandits screaming]

BANDIT: Ah!

[gunshot]

REYNOLDS: That was a waste of powder and shot, Your Highness.

I would've disposed of him myself.

PRINCESS: Well obviously, Captain, I do not share your confidence.

REYNOLDS: I assure you, Your Highness, before this day is over, your opinion will change.

PRINCESS: Of all the arrogant things I have heard!

REYNOLDS: ...is, Your Highness, but we simply must go.

PRINCESS: And what about the others?

REYNOLDS: They'll be along soon enough. Now, can we go?

Sir Gerald, shall we?

GERALD: Unfortunately.

[music playing]

MAN: Looks like the Captain's been through here already.

2ND MAN: They'll have the table set before we get there.

ROBERT: Hold up.

KATIE: What's wrong?

ROBERT: I'm getting too old for this.

KATIE: Nonsense. We Browns just don't do running.

[music playing]

[whip cracks]

ROBERT: Are you sure you want to do this, lads?

[swords clashing]

KATIE: Go on, go on! Get! There you go!

[kicks]

MAN: Ah!

[elbows]

[swords clashing]

[punches]

[sword swings]

[men grunting]

[swords clashing]

MAN: Ha ha!

[swords clashing]

[whip cracks]

[swords clashing]

ROBERT: Ah! You pest!

[whip cracks]

[man grunts]

MAN: Ah!

ROBERT: Katie!

Katie.

KATIE: Are you alright?

ROBERT: Ah, it's just a scratch. And you?

KATIE: Clean as the day I was born.

ROBERT: Aye.

[music playing]

[humming]

[kicks]

REYNOLDS: Quickly.

DONALD: What's wrong?

OTTO: Where's your hat?

DONALD: Who cares?

OTTO: Your hat!

DONALD: I don't know. I must have lost it back down the trail. Forget it.

OTTO: The hat!

DONALD: Wait! I hate that hat...

[screaming]

[swords clashing]

[gunshot]

OTTO: Ta da!

The hat is the most important part of the uniform.

DONALD: You daft man, we're not in uniform! These are not King's Guard uniforms!

OTTO: Our mission specifically requires us to wear the hat.

DONALD: I hate this hat!

[screaming]

OTTO: Run!

REYNOLDS: Quickly. It's perfect.

PRINCESS: It hardly looks perfect.

REYNOLDS: I was speaking militarily.

[giggles]

SERGEANT: Come on, Adam. Denny's got breakfast waiting for us.

ADAM: I hope it's sausage and fresh eggs.

SERGEANT: Of course it is. And pretty maids singing love songs.

ROXANNE: Oh... I cannot go another step.

REYNOLDS: Here, everyone take a drink.

PRINCESS: Are you going to allow us to stop here for a moment, Captain?

REYNOLDS: They'll be no more running.

GERALD: Wonderful news. Absolutely wonderful.

ROXANNE: Thank the saints, all of them.

PRINCESS: What do you mean, Captain, there will be no more running?

REYNOLDS: Here come the others.

PRINCESS: Captain, I asked you for your intentions.

REYNOLDS: And my apologies, Your Highness. You'll take them all from here. The position is right.

PRINCESS: Right for what?

REYNOLDS: To rid ourselves of these troublesome bandits, of course.

PRINCESS: I do not understand. Do you intend to stand and fight them?

REYNOLDS: Exactly, Your Highness. The ground is just right.

Unless you're proposing to continue running.

Glad you could make breakfast, gentlemen.

SERGEANT: Wouldn't miss it, Captain.

ADAM: Never dream of it, sir.

SERGEANT: Very nice views, Captain.

REYNOLDS: They're the best in the neighborhood.

See what fortifications you can work up. Tip over the cart. We can use it as a redoubt.

SERGEANT: Yes, sir.

REYNOLDS: Give him a hand, Adam.

ADAM: Yes, sir. Right away, sir.

PRINCESS: Captain, you are not seriously trying to fight them in this pathetic ruin.

REYNOLDS: It is just what we need milady. They have to come across open ground to get to us.

We have good enough shots and have enough powder to do serious damage by the time they get here.

PRINCESS: And what if they wait until nightfall?

REYNOLDS: I have no intention of giving them that much time.

[gunshot]

REYNOLDS: Princess!

Stay away from the windows. We'll be drawing fire soon enough.

[gunshots]

REYNOLDS: Nice of you to accept our invitation.

ROBERT: Captain. Too lovely a spot not to accept.

ADAM: I've never seen so much money in all my life.

SERGEANT: Too much, if you ask me. It brings nothing but trouble.

ADAM: I wouldn't mind having that kind of trouble.

SERGEANT: Don't begin silly ideas in your head.

ADAM: I may be many things, Sergeant, sir. But a thief, I'm not, nor have I ever been.

SERGEANT: Yes, that's true. But the royalty behind us never believed the likes of us weren't thieves.

[gunshot]

REYNOLDS: Just in time for breakfast, William?

WILLIAM: A gentlemen is always on time, sir.

What fool would miss the opportunity to dine with the most beautiful woman in the continent.

Your Highness.

And the lovely Roxanne.

ROXANNE: You fowl, sewage animal!

PRINCESS: Roxanne!

ROXANNE: Sorry, milady.

[gunshots]

WILLIAM: I do not retract my statement.

DONALD: Oh!

Sorry to be late, Captain, but it's this idiot's fault.

OTTO: His unprofessional behavior is at fault, sir.

KATIE: Get set! They're coming.

REYNOLDS: To the windows!

[men cheering]

[gunshot]

[gunshot]

[gunshot]

[gunshot]

MORTON: Like a snake in its hole.

MAN: Should I have them bring the horses down?

MORTON: No. Lead them to water and rest. We'll not be here long.

[music playing]

TALBERT: Your Lordship. Where are they?

MORTON: In that ruin there.

TALBERT: And the Princess?

MORTON: With her dowry.

TALBERT: Mm. Excellent.

Charge them right down the middle. Overwhelm them with your numbers.

MORTON: This is your plan?

TALBERT: Your Lordship, the situation calls for that tactic.

MORTON: And how many men will I lose?

TALBERT: As many as it takes.

MORTON: Could be a rather steep price.

TALBERT: The dowry is more than worth it.

MORTON: And a handsome prize, it is.

And all mine.

Just for letting you keep the pretty little Princess.

Come on, Talbert. Now you can tell me. Do you intend to hold her for a King's ransom?

Fine. Keep your little secrets I'm not interested in your motives. Only the dowry.

TALBERT: Then heed my advice and charge them at once while you still have the chance.

MORTON: Are you trying to say that I am not a match for a handful of King's Guards?

TALBERT: You will be more than any if you charge them now.

MORTON: We will do this my way.

And I will show you that a man doesn't have to be trained by a King's instructor to be able to outsmart his enemy.

TALBERT: Your Lordship.

Yes.

OTTO: This is an undercover operation.

DONALD: Do I look like a Sarcenian? Do I fight like a Sarcenian? Forget the bloody hat!

How many times do I have to tell you? It's not the look I'm going for.

Are my boots not custom made by the finest Florentine craftsmen?

OTTO: It's your sense of style that is the problem.

DONALD: I have a great eye for style.

OTTO: Singbe, nobody is wearing those boots anymore.

ADAM: Are you two girls going to stop arguing and help us turn over this cart?

DONALD: Woah! Wait.

Ready!

WILLIAM: Look, Captain.

They are surrendering!

REYNOLDS: To your positions!

ROXANNE: Princess! No, please. Come. Your safety.

ROBERT: I don't see any field pieces. We'd like to have a counting.

How many muskets they have? How deep their powder?

REYNOLDS: They might be giving us an opportunity for that. Sergeant!

SERGEANT: Sir?

REYNOLDS: Get yourself ready.

SERGEANT: Yes, sir.

PRINCESS: Captain.

REYNOLDS: Princess, please. Remain behind the redoubt.

PRINCESS: I must know. What is going on?

REYNOLDS: Of course, Your Highness.

First, I'm going to do a little reconnaissance. It's important to know your opponent before battle.

PRINCESS: But Captain, they are offering a white flag.

REYNOLDS: Actually, it is an undergarment.

PRINCESS: Captain. Are you getting smart with me?

REYNOLDS: I'm sorry, Your Highness, but it is the same. Their white flag means nothing.

PRINCESS: Well, I do not see why we simply can't buy our freedom.

These are the type of people motivated by greed. They just want money.

REYNOLDS: Your Highness, these are men who already have death warrants on their heads.

They will not honor any pact you make with them.

Besides, my duty and that of my men is to deliver you and your dowry safely to the Sarcenian King.

And that is what we will do.

I will not bargain with murderous scum.

PRINCESS: But Captain, you only have...

four men!

REYNOLDS: I have much more, Your Highness. Much more.

I have four men...

from the King's Guard.

I also have Master Robert, the finest sword instructor in the land.

Trainer of the King's Guard.

We also have his able assistant, Katie McDear...

which makes six.

ADAM: And me, sir! Don't forget me.

REYNOLDS: Yes, and Adam. Though only a servant, quite handy in a fight.

So you see, Your Highness, we have seven.

Eight, counting myself.

And if any of your entourage wishes to throw in...

why we would be quite a formidable force.

PRINCESS: Oh, Captain... You are mad!

REYNOLDS: Maybe so, but still, we must get you and your dowry to your wedding.

PRINCESS: And what if I command you to negotiate these men?

REYNOLDS: I swore an oath to obey the King, and it exceeds any commands from you or anyone else.

PRINCESS: Sir Gerald?

GERALD: Yes, Your Highness?

PRINCESS: Come here, please.

GERALD: Yes, Your Highness.

PRINCESS: Sir Gerald, please tell Captain Reynolds that he must obey my command.

GERALD: Yes, Your Highness.

Ah, I mean... Milady, I'm afraid that he's quite within his rights.

He is Captain in the field and train for this kind of thing.

He's far more experience than--

PRINCESS: Oh, shut up!

I'll have you know, you will be severely punished for this and drummed out of the Guard.

REYNOLDS: That is your privilege, Your Highness.

Now, if you will excuse me, I've business to attend to. Sergeant!

SERGEANT: Captain!

REYNOLDS: Get an accounting, men, muskets. You know the routine.

SERGEANT: That I do, Captain!

PRINCESS: Captain!

I insist on being a part of any negotiations.

There is simply too much at stake for my father and his kingdom to be left in the hands of an ambitious,

young officer.

REYNOLDS: You could not be further from the truth, Your Highness.

PRINCESS: So you say. But I still insist on being a part of the negotiations.

REYNOLDS: I told you I was not going to negotiate.

PRINCESS: Your Sergeant is going to meet them, is he not?

REYNOLDS: I will not allow you to leave my side.

PRINCESS: Sir Gerald will then go as my emissary.

GERALD: I will?

PRINCESS: Sir Gerald is a bonafide representative of my future husband's family.

REYNOLDS: Have it your way, milady.

GERALD: Your Highness, please, I beg you. I'm not qualified for such an assignment.

PRINCESS: Well, of course you are!

GERALD: Milady, truthfully, I'm nothing more than pathetic drunk, a court fop.

This is not my milleheure.

The only reason I'm here is because your future husband, the King of Sarcenia,

agreed to pay off all of my debts if I made this journey.

No one else in my family would go.

PRINCESS: That is all well and done, Sir Gerald, but I must have a representative to these negotiations.

As meager as your credentials may be, you are my only choice.

GERALD: Milady, I-- oh...

[music playing]

SERGEANT: Wonderful day for a walk, isn't it, Your Lordship?

GERALD: What?

SERGEANT: Wonderful day for a walk.

GERALD: Do you not realize, you blathering buffoon, that every musket they have is now aimed at us?

SERGEANT: Exhilarating, isn't it, sir?

GERALD: Not really.

[music playing]

PRINCESS: Captain, your man is acting like a clown.

REYNOLDS: The Sergeant knows exactly what he's doing.

Princess, please, get your head down.

GERALD: Damn it, man. What am I supposed to do?

SERGEANT: Just act pompous, Your Lordship. You can do that, can't you?

Me and representative guard present credentials.

Give him your credentials, Your Lordship?

GERALD: Credentials? Uh...

Uh... Credentials! Ah!

Sir Gerald Patrick Wainsworth,

Duke of Doreshinaise, First Regent to the Second House of Livonia, and Earl of the Castle of...

[spits]

WHITE FLAG MAN: Shut up.

And I'll tell you what's going to happen.

SERGEANT: No, no, no. You're doing it all wrong.

Haven't you ever done a negotiation before?

WHITE FLAG MAN: What?

SERGEANT: You've never done a negotiation before? A white flag negotiation?

WHITE FLAG MAN: A what?

SERGEANT: Oh, blast me, the fool's never done a negotiation before...

GERALD: Ha!

SERGEANT: How the devil do they expect to make this work?

WHITE FLAG MAN: Well, what difference does it make?

SERGEANT: What difference does it make?

Blast it, man. I've done twenty-three of them!

In each of God's season, in all of nature's calamities!

At Comfred's River, Glendraught, and the Battle of Argonne.

WHITE FLAG MAN: You was at Argonne?

SERGEANT: Pillar's Crossing, too.

WHITE FLAG MAN: Blast it all.

SERGEANT: So you see, there's a procedure to all this nonsense!

WHITE FLAG MAN: There is?

GERALD: Come on, man! You're part of history here.

There's a royal Princess and Kings involved.

Balladeers will be writing songs about us!

WHITE FLAG MAN: They will?

SERGEANT: Aye. So see, you've got to follow the procedure.

WHITE FLAG MAN: Well, uh... What's the right procedure?

SERGEANT: You're supposed to ask him his terms first.

WHITE FLAG MAN: Oh.

SERGEANT: Tell him the terms.

WHITE FLAG MAN: Yeah. What are your terms?

GERALD: Terms?

SERGEANT: The terms.

GERALD: Oh, dear. Terms?

Uh... Terms! Oh, uh...

[coughs] Terms. Um...

Representative of the King of Sarcenia, who in all of his power...

and wealth, and wisdom...

You are to lay down your weapons and leave the field at once.

Those who do not obey this command will be punished quite severely.

WHITE FLAG MAN: That's it?

GERALD: Oh... For the moment.

WHITE FLAG MAN: And now, I tell him ours?

SERGEANT: No, no, no.

Now, you go back to your leader, and you tell him what the terms are.

And then, you come back.

WHITE FLAG MAN: But that's a lot of walking back and forth.

SERGEANT: Tell me about it. You didn't volunteer for it, did you?

WHITE FLAG MAN: Never.

SERGEANT: No one ever does.

But once you do it, they keep sending you until...

Good luck!

[music playing]

GERALD: Are you mad?

SERGEANT: Shut up. I'm counting.

Just look pompous, remember?

GERALD: What do you mean, counting?

SERGEANT: Counting their men, Your Lordship.

Now, remember. Pompous.

MORTON: What do you mean, their terms?

WHITE FLAG MAN: Well, it's the procedure, Your Lordship.

[laughing]

[gunshot]

GERALD: Good God! They shot him!

SERGEANT: Yes, Your Lordship. Works every time if they send a novice.

PRINCESS: What happened?

REYNOLDS: Sergeant has a knack for this sort of thing.

PRINCESS: But someone has been shot!

REYNOLDS: One of theirs by their own.

Now they have one less to charge us, and we have not even started.

PRINCESS: Oh... I see.

SERGEANT: This bandit captain of theirs is a callous fellow.

TALBERT: Your Lordship, I would concentrate all my forces on their front wall.

MORTON: l I did not ask for your advice, Talbert.

TALBERT: No, Your Lord, you did not.

MORTON: Good, because I have already decided what action to take.

Blackwell!

BLACKWELL: Yes, Your Lordship.

MORTON: You will deliver a message.

And get it right!

ROBERT: Gates of the damned...

REYNOLDS: What is it?

ROBERT: The big fellow, east of the trees.

REYNOLDS: Look who's join the party... Talbert.

ROBERT: Aye.

PRINCESS: Augustus Talbert?

Curse that man to hell.

[music playing]

SERGEANT: Well, if it isn't old Tommy Blackwell.

BLACKWELL: Lieutenant Blackwell.

SERGEANT: Still keeping company with the scum of the earth, I see.

BLACKWELL: You have but one hour.

[music playing]

GERALD: Now what?

SERGEANT: Back for lunch! I believe it's mutton stew, Your Lordship.

GERALD: Hm.

SERGEANT: They've got at least forty, sir.

They're rebel, all right. With not much discipline.

Their captain's careless and crude. Their muskets look poorly maintained.

They seem to have powder and ball with what they carry.

No supply wagons that I could see.

REYNOLDS: That's about what we made of it from here.

GERALD: They have given us one hour,

and then, I think they intend to kill us all.

REYNOLDS: Then Talbert is not in charge yet.

SERGEANT: Ah, you spotted him too, sir?

REYNOLDS: Unfortunately.

PRINCESS: How do you know he's not in charge?

REYNOLDS: Talbert would never give us time. He would charge right away.

GERALD: Who the devil is Talbert?

WILLIAM: A traitor, sir. Most foul.

[men spitting]

REYNOLDS: Augustus Talbert, former commander of the King's Guard.

Something has turned him against the King.

He's betrayed the King. To his enemies, he betrayed the honor of the King's Guard.

A traitor.

Murderous bandits. These are the men you wanted to negotiate with?

PRINCESS: I was wrong, Captain. I was terribly wrong.

REYNOLDS: Yes, Your Highness.

PRINCESS: Well, do not gloat on it, Captain.

REYNOLDS: No, Your Highness.

PRINCESS: Now... How are we to deal with Mr. Talbert?

REYNOLDS: Same as before.

They've given us time to reduce their numbers. Create some dissension among their ranks.

They will then either disperse or charge us.

PRINCESS: And you are confident you will defeat them?

REYNOLDS: We are the King's Guard. We are the best.

Sergeant.

SERGEANT: Yes, sir?

REYNOLDS: Get ready. Donald, William, and ah--

ROBERT: Captain. Just give me a minute to warm up.

REYNOLDS: Now your offer is most generous, but--

ROBERT: John. You know I'm the best man for the job.

You need a sergeant to dotto here.

REYNOLDS: I'll send Donald and William first. They should give you enough time?

ROBERT: Yes, sir.

REYNOLDS: Ah, put Donald right, William left. Now...

SERGEANT: Donald.

REYNOLDS: If Your Highness could kindly retire to the redoubt, we'll begin our assault.

PRINCESS: Are you going to use the Tiger Claw tactic?

REYNOLDS: You know the tactic?

PRINCESS: Well, don't be so surprised, Captain.

My father often spoke of it.

"Stirring the Beast," he used to say.

REYNOLDS: Yes, the King did favor it.

We will swipe at Mr. Talbert's friends with three deadly claws.

PRINCESS: Very good, Captain. You may carry on now.

OTTO: Why are you so stubborn?

DONALD: I'm not wearing the hat.

OTTO: You underestimate the value of this hat!

DONALD: It's worthless.

OTTO: No, no, no. It is priceless!

It shields you from the sun. You can drink water from it when you are thirsty.

And the plumage sets the ladies on fire.

[applauding]

DONALD: Very impressive. But I'm going to kill bandits, not charm damsels.

SERGEANT: Will you two stop arguing?

DONALD: Captain?

REYNOLDS: Yes, Donald?

DONALD: Do I have to wear my hat?

REYNOLDS: No, you do not have to wear your hat.

DONALD: Thank you, sir. So there, ah.

OTTO: We'll be waiting for you.

DONALD: I hate that hat. I'd be so much happier if it had some style.

SERGEANT: Ready?

REYNOLDS: On your discretion.

[music playing]

[gunshot]

DONALD: Damn...

[gunshots]

You scum! You've got my shirt dirty!

[gunshots]

MAN: Ah!

[gunshot]

DONALD: Oh hell..

[gunshot]

Oh! I need a rubdown...

[gunshot]

[gunshot]

MAN: Come on, get him!

TALBERT: No, get back! It's a trick!

[gunshots]

MAN: Let's go!

[gunshots]

MAN: Ah!

[music playing]

MORTON: I wanted anyone who tried to run from that ruin shot.

That was my order. Why was my order not obeyed?

TALBERT: Surely, you can see this is a trick.

MORTON: What trick?

They're trying to get more help. It will not arrive on time.

TALBERT: That is not what they are doing.

They're using a tactic called the "Tiger Claw." They're using it to reduce your numbers.

MORTON: It is one man we're talking about!

TALBERT: There will be others.

One King's Guardsman with a rapier can take upwards of a dozen men in just minutes.

MORTON: You're a fool for these guardsmen, Augustus.

Maybe you should see if they'll take you back.

[men laughing]

TALBERT: These men who you mock have already taken three from you since you've arrived here.

I tell you again, Lord Morton, charge them now. They are one man weaker. You have all your men.

MORTON: I grow weary of these intrusions, Augustus.

Delacruz. Take three men and cut him off.

And do not come back without his head.

It is my tactic that will reduce his numbers.

TALBERT: To attempt such a thing will be making a grave mistake.

[music playing]

[sword swinging]

[clearing throat]

WILLIAM: Come to wish me luck?

[slaps]

ROXANNE: How could you do such a thing to me?

I am the Princess's Lady-in-Waiting. I am not a cheap chambermaid.

WILLIAM: Shames me to no end, Roxanne.

ROXANNE: A tramp, no less. Did you read her poetry and tell her she was your true love?

WILLIAM: Of course not.

ROXANNE: Then explain yourself.

WILLIAM: Now?

ROXANNE: There may never be another time.

WILLIAM: As you said my lady, you are the Princess's Lady-in-Waiting...

while I am just a lowly soldier.

What hopes can one such as I have that one such as yourself will not soon tire of me?

ROXANNE: Tire of you?

I adore you, William.

WILLIAM: And I you.

ROXANNE: I wanted to give you this for luck, but 'tis all I have.

I may need it to buy my freedom.

WILLIAM: Have faith in me, my dear.

Upon my life, no man here today shall deny you your freedom.

ROXANNE: Then take this.

WILLIAM: Stay your hand.

I need no material object for your luck.

Just the words from your lips will bless me a thousand pieces of jewelry.

And a kiss...

enchant me.

[music playing]

SERGEANT: William? It's time.

WILLIAM: My adoring audience awaits.

SERGEANT: And off you go now, lad.

[music playing]

BLACKWELL: Another has left, Your Lordship.

MORTON: Good.

You three, a gold coin for anyone who brings back his head.

See, Augustus? Patience will yield great rewards.

TALBERT: Ah. Mm.

[music playing]

SERGEANT: They caught onto us, sir.

REYNOLDS: Well then, it will be easier to get the third claw into them.

ROBERT: Ah, Captain Reynolds. Would you help me warm up, sir?

REYNOLDS: My honor.

ROBERT: My lunge is not too keen.

[swords clashing]

ROBERT: Ah!

REYNOLDS: No, you're not going. I'm sending Otto.

ROBERT: No! Do not.

REYNOLDS: As you've taught me, a leader's decisions must be based on reason. Not emotion.

ROBERT: The right decision is to send Katie.

REYNOLDS: Katie McDear?

ROBERT: She's fast and agile. And lethal.

REYNOLDS: I cannot do that.

ROBERT: She's my daughter.

REYNOLDS: What?

ROBERT: You heard me. Katie's my daughter, my blood.

No one knows for the honor of her mother.

REYNOLDS: It's not wonder she's a demon with a rapier.

ROBERT: She's been a good student.

REYNOLDS: Then why send her?

ROBERT: Because Talbert's out there.

We both know what has to be done to solve this predicament.

John, Katie serves you best out there.

I've trained her. I know what she can do.

REYNOLDS: Ready?

SERGEANT: Captain, are you sure of this?

Yes, sir.

[music playing]

[triumphant music playing]

BLACKWELL: They've sent another one!

MORTON: Who'll be so good as to get that one?

BLACKWELL: And it's a girl!

MAN: Let us go, Lord. We owe her.

MORTON: Fine.

TALBERT: I've used this trick. They send three claws...

[music playing]

ROXANNE: William will be the first one back. You'll see, milady.

PRINCESS: Yes, I'm sure he will be.

ROXANNE: All the men! And Katie, too, of course.

We'll return, the bandits will go away...

and we will be on our way to Sarcenia and the most marvelous wedding any kingdom has ever seen.

PRINCESS: Oh, Roxanne, you are very confident.

ROXANNE: Are you not?

PRINCESS: Oh no, the Captain is doing a very good job, and he know what he is doing.

ROXANNE: The men say he is the best. William always speaks highly of him.

And he is very handsome, is he not?

PRINCESS: I have not noticed.

Do you think I should get my hair done like the Duchess's?

ROXANNE: The Duchess needs to hide her jowls.

Your Highness should never hide such a beautiful face.

[clearing throat]

PRINCESS: Roxanne? Why not go watch for your soldier friend, William?

ROXANNE: Thank you, milady.

PRINCESS: Sergeant, you may enter.

SERGEANT: Thank you, Your Highness.

This is the best we could do, Your Highness.

We always try to travel light.

PRINCESS: Oh, these will do fine. Thank you, Sergeant.

SERGEANT: My pleasure, Your Highness.

PRINCESS: Sergeant?

SERGEANT: Yes, Your Highness?

PRINCESS: Tell me about Captain Reynolds.

SERGEANT: And what about, Your Highness?

PRINCESS: Well, his story, of course.

SERGEANT: Aye. Well, there's a story for you.

PRINCESS: Yes, I like stories very much.

SERGEANT: Yes, Your Highness. If I may?

[music playing]

At twelve, he came to us a dirty faced street thief. An orphan most his life.

A fighter, all right. Took three constables to chain him to the prison wagon.

Myself and some friends intervened. Paid his fines and put him to work in the stables at first.

But he didn't stay there too long.

Had a military mind. A survivor, a fighter, a winner.

At fourteen, he was wrapping bandages of men gushing blood and loading muskets in the frontlines.

And you should have seen him at Argonne, milady.

A mere seventeen-year-old leading a charge into pure hell.

Excuse my language, Your Highness.

PRINCESS: No. No, please, Sergeant. Go on.

SERGEANT: There's not much more to say, Your Highness...

other than this:

There isn't a guardsman who wouldn't follow him.

PRINCESS: A man who has lived as much...

He must think of me as such as spoiled child.

SERGEANT: Never would Captain Reynolds think that of you that way, Your Highness.

PRINCESS: Don't be so sure of that, Sergeant.

SERGEANT: Did the Princess not go to the Baroness Helene's apartment in the Mussoline quarter

every Wednesday for three months last autumn?

PRINCESS: Yes, I did. How did you know?

SERGEANT: We were stationed nearby.

And every Wednesday, the Captain would find an excuse to patrol that sector.

A blind man could see the look on his face whenever he caught sight of you.

PRINCESS: You may leave now, Sergeant.

SERGEANT: Yes, Your Highness.

[music playing]

WILLIAM: Hello.

WOMAN: Don't you be coming near me, laddie.

WILLIAM: Milady, I am a gentleman. You have nothing to fear from me.

But I must warn you, there are far less dangers in these woods for you and your dagger.

WOMAN: I'm warning you, sir. Don't come a step closer.

WILLIAM: I'll sheath my sword.

Better?

WOMAN: Yes. Much better.

[swords clashing]

[punch]

WILLIAM: Now, come on now, you bloody swine.

[swords clashing and slashing]

[swords clashing]

[elbows]

[swords clashing]

[elbows]

[swords clashing]

[sword slashing]

WILLIAM: Easy!

Alas, sweet maiden. I have promised my heart to another.

Adieu.

ROXANNE: A tea, Captain.

REYNOLDS: Oh. Thank you.

ROXANNE: Any sign yet?

REYNOLDS: Do not worry. They will all be back soon.

ROXANNE: Yes, I'm sure of it.

REYNOLDS: How long have you been with the Princess?

ROXANNE: Uh, four years, Captain.

REYNOLDS: Must be difficult serving the Princess?

ROXANNE: No. You must not misjudge the Princess.

REYNOLDS: I do not judge the Princess.

ROXANNE: Of course you do, Captain.

Do you know that she is saving our King with her marriage to the Sarcenian King?

REYNOLDS: The King would never force his daughter into a marriage she did not want.

ROXANNE: You are right. He did not want her to marry a man she did not love.

But she insisted.

Do you remember how many ships our King lost in last winter's storm?

REYNOLDS: Twelve. And half as much cargo.

ROXANNE: That is why the King's treasury is near ruin.

It's a desperate situation. There was no other way.

The Princess's marriage will form an alliance that will save her father's crown.

REYNOLDS: I did not know.

ROXANNE: Captain, please. Do not tell her I've told you.

REYNOLDS: Of course.

[music playing]

[dagger flying]

MAN: Ah!

KATIE: Ahhh!

[swords clashing]

[struggling]

[swords clashing]

[stabs]

[punches]

[stabs]

MAN: Ah!

ADAM: What light through yonder window breaks...

'tis the east, and Juliet is the sun.

[giggling]

ADAM: Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon!

[intense music playing]

[swords clashing]

MAN: Go on, kill him!

[swords clashing]

ADAM: It is my lady! It is my love.

PRINCESS: Is he alright?

GERALD: My dear fellow, what is wrong?

OTTO: I have been wounded by his words of love.

[laughing]

ADAM: He is trying to upstage me, sir. He does this all the time.

PRINCESS: Nonsense, Adam! It is wonderful!

ADAM: Thank you, Your Highness.

PRINCESS: This is marvelous.

[intense music playing]

[swords clashing]

[swords swinging]

[swords clashing]

[swords clashing]

OTTO: And now, the lovely Queen Hilda emerged...

like the dawn from the dark clouds.

[hits]

Ah, the babe standing there in all her splendor

and that gallant warrior's heart rose within him as he gaze upon her...

her... her...

her face!

Glowed...

enchantingly.

For leave was granted for Queen Hilda to bestow a kiss upon him.

...bestow a kiss upon him.

[gasping and laughing]

[lips smacking]

And never in all of Siegfried's life had anything so pleasant befallen him.

[clapping]

PRINCESS: Wonderful!

[intense music playing]

PRINCESS: Are the Claws in sight?

REYNOLDS: No, not yet. The timing is right.

Princess, please. Prepare for fire.

Gentlemen! Shall we let them know we're still here?

ROBERT: Aye!

SERGEANT: Right on, sir!

REYNOLDS: On my mark.

[blowing]

[gunshot]

[gunshot]

[gunshots]

[swords clashing]

MAN: Ah!

[gunshots]

REYNOLDS: Your Highness!

PRINCESS: Oh Captain, you did not expect me to just stand by and watch?

[chuckling]

REYNOLDS: No, I would not expect you to stand by and watch.

[music playing]

[glass shattering]

TALBERT: Enough of this waiting.

[gunshot]

SERGEANT: Reload that.

ADAM: Yes, sir.

SERGEANT: Don't worry, dear. William has gotten through far worse.

[gunshots]

OTTO: Singbe! You made it! What is this?

Look at him, what a mess!

DONALD: It could not be helped.

OTTO: No? Now you really need the hat.

DONALD: I hate this hat!

OTTO: Ohhhh.

[intense music playing]

[gunshots and swords clashing]

WILLIAM: Ha!

Did you think I would not return?

ROXANNE: 'Tis dangerous business, William.

WILLIAM: Aye, it's most perilous.

ROXANNE: Perilous?

WILLIAM: Yes, perilous.

ROXANNE: William...

WILLIAM: It was just a kiss, Roxanne.

ROXANNE: A kiss?

WILLIAM: Yes, a trifle really. Nothing.

[gasps and slaps]

ROXANNE: On the battlefield even, William! My God...

WILLIAM: Roxanne, she meant nothing!

PRINCESS: Captain, I must admit, I'm very impressed.

Katie...

Oh, what about Katie?

ROBERT: Do not worry, Your Highness. Katie's a very smart lass.

It's too dangerous now. She'll wait until the time is right.

MORTON: Worthless, scurrilous dogs!

Is there not a real man among you?

TALBERT: Morton.

I told you. You are no match for the King's Guard.

They have humiliated you. They have handled you like a child.

And your men have suffered for it.

[men agreeing]

MORTON: Talbert, you badger like a woman.

A dried up, old hag.

Time to put an end to your blathering... if you dare!

[swords clashing]

ROBERT: Captain! Take a look.

REYNOLDS: Funny how some things never change.

It looks like a domestic dispute of our favorite kind.

And young Katie has gotten herself a very good view.

[swords clashing]

[stabs]

TALBERT: Listen to me, men. Open your eyes.

You have followed scum and will always be scum until you follow me.

REYNOLDS: Ha! Princess?

Our friend, Talbert, has taken over.

TALBERT: Morton would have given you nothing. I will make you all rich men.

[men cheering]

But remember this: The man who disobeys me once shall not live to enjoy his good fortune.

The man who harms the Princess shall wish he were in hell.

Blades to the sky!

We charge the ruin!

[men cheering]

And fifty gold pieces for every man there to greet me.

[men cheering]

PRINCESS: Here comes Katie!

ROBERT: Smart lass. Like I told you.

Well done, lass!

PRINCESS: Katie! Are you alright?

KATIE: I'm fine, but I could use a drink.

Talbert's taken over!

ROBERT: We saw.

KATIE: He's lighting a bonfire under their breeches trying to fire them up to attack us.

And he's quite obsessed with you, Princess.

PRINCESS: Captain, there is something that you must know.

Augustus Talbert has asked my father's consent for my hand.

And contrary to what some believe, my father left the decision to me.

I refused the commander's request and he has taken his vengeance out on my father.

It was because of me that he turned against the King and his men.

REYNOLDS: Because you refused him, he betrayed the King and the Guard?

PRINCESS: It is true. It is not the dowry he wants, it is me.

Captain, let me go talk to him.

REYNOLDS: Never.

PRINCESS: Oh, Captain...

I am not worth the lives of these brave men.

REYNOLDS: On the contrary, Your Highness.

You and what you stand for are worth ten times what most wars are fought over.

PRINCESS: Captain...

REYNOLDS: Your Highness.

PRINCESS: Captain...

REYNOLDS: Your Highness.

There is not one of us here...

who would not give up their life to keep you from a foul human being like Augustus Talbert.

[exhaling]

PRINCESS: Captain?

What is your first name?

REYNOLDS: Uh... John, Your Highness.

PRINCESS: John Reynolds.

REYNOLDS: Mhm.

PRINCESS: It has a very nice sound to it.

I believe I am falling in love with you, Captain John Reynolds.

[music playing]

SERGEANT: Captain?

REYNOLDS: Sergeant?

SERGEANT: Commander Talbert is making his first move.

[intense music playing]

PRINCESS: Captain! It will be a trap of some sort.

REYNOLDS: Of course. Commander Talbert will have a few tricks for us.

But we will deal with them. Sergeant?

SERGEANT: You know what has to be done.

[intense music playing]

SERGEANT: Now, listen to me, Captain.

GERALD: Excuse me, Captain? Your Highness.

In all fairness, I am the one who should go.

SERGEANT: It's nonsense!

GERALD: No, it isn't. It's logical. The Sergeant is needed here.

SERGEANT: No, I--

REYNOLDS: You know it is a trap, Your Lordship.

GERALD: I'm sure it is.

But as I said, someone has to go.

The Sergeant will be needed here.

What skills I have will be far better used out there.

TALBERT: Even if they only send one, the loss will hurt them more than us.

GERALD: What is this?

SERGEANT: It's my very own. Never misfires.

GERALD: I have very little experience with a firearm.

SERGEANT: Just pull the trigger, Your Lordship.

GERALD: Have it your way, Sergeant.

REYNOLDS: Thank you, Your Lordship.

PRINCESS: Sir Gerald.

GERALD: Cherished kiss, my lady.

PRINCESS: Thank you, Sir Gerald.

I want you to know I have been honored to have you as my escort to Sarcenia.

GERALD: The honor, Your Highness, has been entirely mine.

[intense music playing]

[white flag thuds]

[kisses]

SERGEANT: They're not spreading out, sir.

REYNOLDS: Talbert is going to come right up the middle, trying to overwhelm us with his numbers.

GERALD: Sir Gerald Patrick Wainsworth, Duke of Dorchinaise,

First Regent to the Second House of Livonia,

and Earl of the Castle Wainsworth

and Emissary of his Imminent Alfred, King of Sarcenia

and Representative of the King's Guard. Your servant, sir.

Blast it, man! Do not tell me you are unaware of the proper procedure.

[laughing]

How can they send someone who does not know the proper procedure?

[gunshot]

Gerald: Ah!

PRINCESS: No!

[gunshots]

REYNOLDS: Adam!

Escort the Princess and Roxanne behind the redoubt!

PRINCESS: No, John, I will not leave your side!

REYNOLDS: You serve us best at the redoubt. If any break our perimeter, we will fall back to you.

You will be able to fire down on any who might make it inside the walls.

We will leave this place together. You have my word.

Go, now!

[gunshots]

TALBERT: Charge!

[men shouting]

[gunshots]

[men shouting]

ROBERT: Hand me another one.

OTTO: We must keep these guns coming. We have many bad guys to stop.

[gunshots]

[men shouting]

REYNOLDS: I do not see Talbert! Anyone seen Commander Talbert?

SERGEANT: Probably hanging back just like the scum.

REYNOLDS: Deploy your men!

SERGEANT: Yes, sir!

SERGEANT: We need all the muskets loaded!

REYNOLDS: William!

WILLIAM: Sir!

REYNOLDS: Take the left side. I do not want any uninvited guests through it!

WILLIAM: No one without an invitation will get past me!

[men screaming]

[swords clashing]

TALBERT: Now, my friend.

GERALD: Oh...

[coughing]

[swords clashing]

DONALD: See, Otto. I don't need to dress like a pro to protect you!

[whip cracking]

MAN: Ah!

[swords clashing]

MAN: I need another musket!

[pan thuds]

[swords clashing]

ROXANNE: It's okay, Princess.

[intense music playing]

ADAM: Stay back, traitor.

ADAM: Ah!

TALBERT: Bleed, fat man. My lady.

ROXANNE: Oh!

PRINCESS: Go to hell, Augustus Talbert.

[gun clicking]

TALBERT: Ah!

[swords clashing]

'Tis our destiny, Princess.

Now...

[swords clashing]

PRINCESS: Oh, John! John!

WILLIAM: Oh!

HENCHMAN: Goodbye.

[gunshot]

[intense music playing]

[punching]

SERGEANT: Talbert's got the Princess!

[triumphant music playing]

TALBERT: How quaint. You have a protector.

REYNOLDS: She's now under the protection of the King's Guard.

TALBERT: Ah, young Reynolds. The stable boy.

PRINCESS: It's Captain John Reynolds of the Tiger Claw.

TALBERT: A stable boy? Captain of the Tiger Claw? Not possible.

PRINCESS: It's not possible that a mere stable boy and a handful of men ruined your plan, Augustus?

TALBERT: My plan is far from ruined, Princess.

It is only just beginning.

[swords clashing]

PRINCESS: Oh, John! Be careful!

TALBERT: I do not die easy, stable boy.

PRINCESS: Augustus!

[stabs]

[music playing]

[shouting]

PRINCESS: And what if I were to run away with him?

GERALD: And where would you go, Your Highness?

ROXANNE: Well, I will go with you wherever you go, milady. As long as William does not join us.

PRINCESS: Well, we would go wherever Captain Reynolds wanted us to go.

GERALD: Excuse me, Your Highness.

It is my belief that Captain Reynolds would never agree to break his oath of allegiance to the King. Your father.

PRINCESS: Even for a matter of the heart?

GERALD: Like death, in a matter of the heart, no man knows how to react until the time comes.

PRINCESS: Oh, I believe I know what Captain Reynolds would do.

GERALD: That may be so, Your Highness.

But if you truly love him and first consider what kind of life your Captain will have

if you choose to break your vow of betrothal to the Sarcenian King?

PRINCESS: Oh yes... It would be terrible. Oh, just terrible for him!

At least for now.

But we are very young and much will change.

REYNOLDS: Your Highness, we must be on our way. The sun will be setting soon.

PRINCESS: Of course, Captain.

SERGEANT: Onto Sarcenia!

PRINCESS: I'm sure this will not be our last adventure.

GERALD: Six months after his marriage to Gwendolyn,

The Sarcenian King was felled in a bizarre hunting accident.

Princess Gwendolyn asked her father for the services of Captain Reynolds to console and protect her.

They now have four children.

WILLIAM: Don't be get sassy now, love. It was just a kiss.

ROXANNE: Just a kiss!

WILLIAM: Yes!

GERALD: Lady Roxanne decided to give William just one last chance...

which he promptly betrayed.

Three chances and three betrayals later, they finally wed, and William never strayed again.

She, on the other hand...

SERGEANT: How's the roast beef in Sarcenia?

GERALD: Oh, splendid! Absolutely splendid, especially with stewed potato.

SERGEANT: And a little bit of grog, sir?

GERALD: Of course!

GERALD: The Sergeant and Lord Gerald

went on to be the most powerful negotiating team Europe had ever seen.

After retiring, they opened a restaurant that sold the tastiest Yorkshire pudding this side of Sarcenia.

ADAM: And pie, sir! Don't forget pie!

GERALD: Of course not! We must have pie. Apple, I think.

ROBERT: Aye, I'm proud of you, Katie. You've done better than any man I ever trained.

GERALD: Master Robert opened a prestigious fencing school in Scotland training Highlanders.

Much to his joy and despair, Katie became the first female member of the King's Guard.

She acquitted herself with great honor

even though the Guardsmen's locker room was not quite equipped for her arrival.

KATIE: Thank you, Daddy.

DONALD: Ruined... The entire outfit is ruined.

OTTO: Wasn't much of an outfit in the first place. It has no style.

This time, I'll select one for you. I have style.

GERALD: And finally, Otto and Donald continued to fight...

about clothing, accessories, furnishings, and all matters of style.

They never agreed on anything

but succeeded in opening a small haberdashery where they invented the tie.

So if you're ever stuck wearing one... blame them.

DONALD: Did you get stabbed in the head? I've seen dead Prussians with more style than you!

[music playing]

TALBERT: Charge them right down the middle. Overwhelm them with your--

numbers.

Ah!

[beep]

Charge them at once. Overwhelm--

[beep] me.

God [beep] it.

Here we go...

Cha-- charge them up the mid-- What's my line?

[beep]

Here I come, sweet Princess.

If I could just run my dialogue earlier, we'd be home free.

But I [beep] it up.

MAN: Cut, cut.

[beep]

[struggling]

[beep]

QUEEN: Help! What do I say?

REYNOLDS: ...the Princess...

QUEEN: No, after that. "Say you will..."

REYNOLDS: No...

QUEEN: Stop! Can anybody hear me?

[beep]

TALBERT: Get back! Get back! Don't you see it's a trick?

Give me that again. I felt so hysterical.

[bleep]

MORTON: They are trying to get more help. It will not drive on time.

TALBERT: It's not a mistake. It's a trick! I [beep] that up.

[men laughing]

MORTON: You said mistake, I said mistake. I thought it was going good.

[beep]

QUEEN: ...and join the Sicilian-- Sarcenian! [beep]

[beep]

[beep]

TALBERT: These men who you mock have already taken three from you since you arrived-- bababababa.

Give me that cue again.

That is not what they are doing. They-- Can we go again?

One King's Guardsman with a rapier can take out upwards of a dozen men--

I'm gonna say that again. Give me that cue, would you?

There will be others. One King's Guardsman with a rapier could take upwards of a dozen men in just minutes.

That got garbly too. Let's go again.

There will be others. One King's Guardsman with a rapier--

One King's Guardsman-- one more time.

One King's Guardsman with a rapier can take--

God [beep] it. Let's cut the camera.

[beep]

[beep]

REYNOLDS: Deploy the men. Ah... It's too late! [beep] it!

[everyone laughing]

[beep]

[sharpening swords]

TALBERT: I feel very silly here. Let me take it again.

MAN: That's a better one.

[beep]

[glass shattering]

[chuckles]

TALBERT: I forget what I'm doing. It's such a shame I messed up an hourglass.

[beep]

And your men have suffered for it-- I'm doing that again. Here we go.

MAN: Keep the camera rolling.

[beep]

They have humiliated you. They have handled you like a woman.

And your men have suffered for it--

Ha... Like a woman? Like a child! Hold on. One more time.

[beep]

OTTO: Well, this is the reason you are... I'm going to go away now because I don't want--

[laughing]

[beep]

What a mess!

DONALD: It could not be helped.

OTTO: I [beep] up again. I'm so sorry--

[beep]

MAN: Scene.

[beep]

[laughing]

TALBERT: I'll do it again.

[beep]

Or I'll slice that pretty face of yours, even if it's the last--

If I could talk, I'd be rich.

[beep]

My plan is far from ruined, Princess. Ah [beep]!

[beep]

MAN: ...pushing back into the light frame for the dialogue.

TALBERT: I don't know what you're saying, but I'll try.

MAN: Okay.

TALBERT: Ready, and...

MAN: Action!

[beep]

[music playing]