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[ Jeff hale ]: System check complete.

We're ready to go, Scotty.

Control, this is frontier.

We're good to go and assuming entry attitude, over.

What was that?

We've been hit. Comms are on-line.

We're losing oxygen and power. Control, this is frontier.

Dap auto not responding.

Rate ofdescent?5 kpm -- time to entry interface,

three minutes.

Ok...my best guess, 10 second burn on

front port, 20 seconds on rears to bring her nose up.

Tell me I'm wrong. With the payload gone?

We'll overshoot -- five on front port,

10 on rears, but it's your call.

[ Computer ]: Warning, navigational systems failure

in quadrant four.

Emergency protocol not responding.

Well, we're 50-50, but we're going to do it

my way -- 10 seconds to burn -- get ready.

[ Computer ]: Warning electrical systems failure...

10...nine...eight...

...emergency protocol activated.

Seven...six...five...

Four...three...two...

One.

Engage.

[ Computer ]: Warning, heat shield reaching critical

temperature threshold.

We're coming in too hot. We won't make it.

[ Scott langer ]: It's not your fault, hale.

I don't think my way would've worked either.

[ Computer ]: Warning, fuel systems failure.

Emergency systems

not responding.

Ahh!

[ Gasping ]

[ Gasping and groaning ]

Hey!

[ Yelling and groaning ]

Hey!

Come to me! Come out of the water

it's ok.

Come to the shore.

Just stay calm and come to me.

It's all right.

Go to the shore.

There's canisters with clothing in them.

It's all right. It's safe!

What is this?

It's ok.

It's ok.

Get me out of here!

I can't understand what you're saying.

I don't know what you're saying.

Get back.

It's ok, I'm not going to hurt you.

I'm notgoing to

hurt you.

A minute ago, I... I was 82 years old.

I was 53.

Ah, this is nuts.

Give it to me! Let go!

Last thing I remember, I was in the shuttle,

and we got hit by space debris.

A shuttle?

What year is this for you?

Nineteen hundred and thirty-four.

It's 2009 for me.

'34 -- I was born in '56 -- that's 22 years

after you--

died. We all died.

Well, that's impossible.

Am I having one of my dreams?

I'm going to wake up, aren't I?

This can't be real.

Is it?

My name is Jeff hale.

I'm Alice -- Alice liddell hargreaves.

Well, Alice liddell hargreaves,

something, or someone, put us here. That's obvious.

The metal canisters, the atmosphere,

the air -- it's breathable.

It might be a different planet,

it might be a different physical dimension,

maybe even a spiritual dimension.

You mean heaven?

Or hell.

At this point, anything's possible.

I know the coast. This isn't right.

This isn't polska.

What camp have they taken us to?

The schutzstaffel...

The s.S.

What camp are you from?

Birkenau. Auschwitz-birkenau.

He's a prisoner of war.

You are American? Yeah, that's right.

I'm an American.

I'm commander Jeff hale, United States air force.

It's 2009.

2009?

My number?

[ Speaking Latin ]

It's Latin.

It means, "what worlds are these?"

"What kingdom?"

"What kingdom? Of what shores?"

Yes.

Seneca, Hercules furens.

It seems appropriate under the circumstances.

I was a professor of ancient history

at the university of krakow.

This is strange...So strange.

Forgive me.

My name is lev ruach.

I have one question.

Who won the war?

What war?

The second war.

We did.

Good.

Good!

[ Explosion ]

[ Screaming ]

It is Lucifer! Lucifer!

Lucifer is here for us!

Lucifer!

It is Lucifer, come for us!

What's happening? I don't know.

Come on.

[ Screaming ]

Wherever we are...

I don't think this is heaven.

[ Screaming ]

[ Growling ]

[ Alice ]: Stop it, stop it!

He just wants food.

Yeah, right.

Here you are. It's food.

You can eat it.

Amazing.

A prehistoric neanderthal man.

Are you all right?

I'm not going to hurt you.

My name is hale.

Here, take this.

[ Speaking foreign language ]

This could be a trap.

You're not understanding a word I'm saying, are you?

I understand you.

You speak English?

What is English? [ Speaking foreign language ]

We don't know if this food is all right.

Someone or something is translating for us,

so we can communicate.

Maybe the same someone

who's clothing and feeding us.

[ Growling ]Ahh! Curse you!

This one is a problem.

Enough! Enough!

Better him than any of us.

One must always be sacrificed for the good of the many.

Wait a minute. Who are you?

A citizen of Rome.

And you?I'm an American.

We live by different rules than you do.

And how is that relevant here?

Well, we just don't start killing each other.

You are the enforcer of your laws?

No, but if we're to survive here, we'll have to learn how

to get along with each other.

Rules...social order...

The fundamental aim of all responsible

citizens who desire a quality of life

that raises them above the animal.

Well, that's great, but before we get that far,

we may want to find some shelter.

You know, I suggest that we establish our positions

first, to avoid confusion amongst the citizens later.

What?

What's wrong with you? Stop it.

Someone do something.

[ Gagging ]Stop!

Please, somebody stop them.

You fight well.You fight dirty.

I fight to win.

Look!

[ Screaming and whooping ]

I guess we're not the first.

I'm Valdemar...Master of riverworld.

I offer you

my protection from the chaos that exists in this place.

The strong amongst you will be considered for the privilege

of serving in my armies.

Any others I choose

will serve me as workers or slaves.

You!

You!

Here...

There is only one rule, one sacred duty...

And that is to prove yourselves worthy,

or you are no more than garbage spat out by the river.

Gather them!

You!

You!

You!

Come on, keep in line.

Weapons and armies take time to build.

You know, these resurrections might have been happening

for some time, and they might not be anywhere near over.

Do you remember being underneath the water?

I woke up swimming.

I thought I was going to drown.

Heaven or no heaven, this place must be

the work of a higher power,

a higher intelligence of some kind.

Of god?

Or the gods.

Or another species altogether.

If everyone who ever lived ends up here,

everyone -- the good and the bad...

Like Hades.Move.

Or purgatory.

...there'd be billions of us.

Everyone that we've ever known.

All our descendants, all our ancestors.

All our loved ones.

And enemies.

Move!

Let's hope there's plenty of room.

It might get a little crowded.

Nobody rules billions with a sword from the back of a horse.

We're caught in some personal fiefdom here.

One of many would be my guess.

[ Guard ]: Keep going. Come on, come on!

Over here! Carry it, come on!

Go!

You!

Go!

Come on,forward!

All right!

All right!Let go of me!

Stop!

Oh, easy now! We want no trouble.

No ship!

No ships here that I can see. It's ok.

We're going.Hold her!

Look, they'll kill you. You've already died once today.

[ Lev ]: It's ok. It's all right. It's all right.

[ Guard ]: Get in there!

Move!

I'm lev.

[ Guard ]: Come on! Stand back!

I am Mali,

prophetess of yoruba.

Mother-spirit of my people.

White people take us.

Yoruba? Yoruba...The yoruba

were an African tribe, I think.

White people took you away in a ship.

Yes -- 16th or 17th century.

Portuguese traders, possibly British.

Mali...i was also enslaved by white people.

By your own people?

Call them another tribe.

As you see, there are many different tribes

of many different colors.

Get in.

Oh, you poor dear.

Her name is gwenafra. She is mute.

[ Gasping ]

My name is monat.

What is it?

What are you?

I am not human, as you can see.

But neither am I dangerous,

I assure you.It's all right.

Incredible.

I am from the star system your astronomers named tao ceti.

Yes, tao ceti.

Are there other extraterrestrials here?

Alas, I am the only one.

You died on earth?

You were on earth.

You are...20th century?

Early 21st.

I was an astronaut... Just like you.

My ship charted a large asteroid approaching your planet.

We hastened to warn your authorities,

but our intentions were misread,

and we were...Shot down.

I alone survived the crash.

I tried my best under interrogation,

but your scientists were sceptical

of our advanced projections.

Chaos theory.

For your people, it was just that,

a theory.

For mine, it was a practice.

As we predicted, the asteroid's course was deflected

when it passed through the jovian belt.

By then...It was too late to stop it.

The impact would have equalled the detonation of 100 million

of your hydrogen bombs.

No life form

could have survived.

This is more preposterous than h.G. Wells.

Believe me. Ask around.

Find someone who claims to have lived on earth after June 18th,

2039 a.D.

What is it saying?

Use of masculine gender would be appropriate when addressing me.

He's saying...The earth, as we know it, is gone.

Your planet is dead, but your species

has been preserved.

And no way back?

One is to assume.

Have you found any other forms of intelligence here?

None higher than myself,

if you will forgive my lack of humility.

How long have you been here?

Two years of freedom, two days of captivity.

We were resurrected together.

She appears to be the only human

on this planet who has been resurrected as a child.

I have no idea why.

Neither does she.

And Valdemar?

He was one of the first.

10 years on riverworld.

More than enough time to construct a modest empire.

His armies are known to all as...The vandals.

My people

will hear of this.

And they willcome for me.

Do you see anything?

They're locked up, surrounded by guards.

We can go in as merchants.

No, no, we can't risk it. Sam, Gwen is a child,

and monat's knowledge is critical for our success.

If we get caught? No.

There are too many other lives depending on us.

You know the rules: Go for broke first;

go for anything else second.

He'll take them to the fortress.

When we're free and clear, then we'll come back for them.

Who are you?

Why have you come here?

All I have to do is raise my voice.

Free me...You go your way, I'll go mine.

This world is large.

We'll never meet each other again.

The prisoner is free!

Get the gate! The prisoner is free! After him!

[ Lev ]: Run, hale, run!

Go!

[ Guard ]: Quickly!

He leaves us to die like animals.

You don't know that.

You are all the same.

There he is!

Move it!

We've got him!There he is!

The fool!

He's dead.

Let's go.

[ Guard ]: Come on!

Move along.

Keep moving!

Faster. Let's go.

Move it.

Move!

Come on, keep moving!

You, faster.

Come on, keep up.

Move it.

Stay in line!

Move along!

Come on!

Quit dragging your feet. Move!

Keep up!

Come on!

Let's go. Move it.

Let's go! Move, move!

Get over there.

Watch them.

Scum.

Move!

Quit your whining. Move!

Get back there.

[ Valdemar ]: So, the entertainment has arrived.

My warriors deserve their amusements, flavius.

And here are the men that will give it to them.

You will fight to the death.

Show them to the arena.

Move on in!

[ Clamouring ]

[ Yelling and cheering ]

That was too easy. Get out!

[ Guard ]: Bring in the next man!

I see it, child. The palladium.

[ Roaring and cheering ]

Take your weapons.

Pick it up...Pick it up!

Come on...Come on, don't be afraid!

[ Laughing ]

[ Cheering ]

[ Laughing ]

What is your name, prisoner?

I am Lucius domitius ahenobarbus,

citizen of Rome.

And now, a commissioned warrior in my vandal armies.

What say you to that, flavius?

Flavius carminus doremus, captain of the praetorian guard.

You were a lot younger when I first promoted you.

And I was somewhat more seasoned.

Your majesty, you have returned to us.

Well, you might know me better by my public name:

Germanicus drusus claudius nero...

Emperor of Rome.

Hail nero!

Hail nero!

Hail nero...Hail nero!

Hail nero!

Hail nero...Hail nero!

Hail nero...!

Trust me.

I knew you'd come.

When the fighting starts,

meet me at the tunnel entrance.

There's a way out underground.

Are you ready?

[ Laughing ]

Never heard of you.

And this is not Rome, this is the riverworld, and here,

my law is the only law.

Get rid of him.

Ah, but you see...

Things are going to get complicated between us.

Your death...

Will be sweet.

Don't I get the benefit of a weapon?

No.

Oh, good. So much more interesting for me.

Ahhhh!

Maybe you will find it...

As entertaining for you!

Who else challenges nero?

Good.

Act like slaves.

Come on, you lazy bunch of slugs, move!

Come on, move!

Prisoners are forbidden to enter here.

Except if Valdemar orders it.

To do what?

Soldier, if you want to be the one that questions

the master's orders, go ahead -- I'll wait here.

The prisoners have escaped. Go ahead!

Go. Go in there.

Move! Come on, you.

Move...move!

Close all the exits! You, too.

Over there...This way.

Oh, you'd never believe what's

going on out there.

That's not going to do anything.

Please tell me every day on this planet

isn't going to be so eventful.

What were you doing? He had a helmet on--

I'm sorry.

Come on!

Everybody, let's go!

[ Thunder booming ]

[ Monat ]: My community is two days' walk up river.

There is food and safety there.

We will take you, if you wish.

It is the least we can do.

If I go, we all go.

You are strangers -- it will not be up to me

whether you are allowed to stay; I will speak on your behalf.

I am not one of you.

Erzulie will guide me to my people.

Lev. Lev!

Mali! Mali, where are you going?

You can't force her to come,

if she doesn't want to.

Let's keep moving.

What's beyond those mountains?

[ Monat ]: No one knows. They are unclimbable.

Following the river is the only way to travel in this world.

The atmosphere must be thinner

here than on earth.

Enough to make riverworlders keep one eye

on the ground and one on the sky.

The great debate, in my time, was the possibility

that life existed on other planets.

Hmph, now you know.

How many?

An infinite number, but to end up on this planet

with your particular life forms in this strange dimension

beyond life itself, that I had not planned on.

Well, I guess we're in the same boat, aren't we?

You humans have each other here.

You have family, friends, lovers all waiting to be discovered.

You have that...Hope.

I have no one to discover.

I have no hope.

We are not in the same boat.

We should find shelter. It will be dark soon.

The woman is following us.

Where? I don't see her.

You're blessed with five senses, hale. Sight is only one of them.

[ Singing ]

The other night when you escaped, the door was locked.

There was, uh...Somebody.

Oh, how do I say this?

He had a hood on.

So, I couldn't see his face, but I've seen him before...

Under the water.

He has some kind of power. He's made me see things.

You mean like a vision? Of what?

I don't know. The future, maybe.

[ Grunting ]

Ha!

You escaped!

Ha, Gwen.

This is hale, the man who freed us,

and his companions.

This is tane. He is one of us.

Monat. You know the rules.

A stranger who saves my life is no longer a stranger to me.

He is my friend.

Get Sam.

Watch yourself.

Monat! It's good to have you back, my friend.

You must be hale.

It would seem I owe you a measure of gratitude.

Escaping from Valdemar's clutches,

it's quite impressive.

He'll be mad enough

to come after you.

No, he won't. He's dead.

"He who lives by the sword..."

When?

Yesterday.

By a man who claims to be the Roman emperor nero.

Well, that's quite a claim.

Though, I guess, the true nero has

to be somewhere on this planet.

Everyone comes here eventually, so it's possible.

He saved our lives, Sam.

Well, you all know too much now, anyway.

You can enter our camp.

But only on the understanding

that you're forbidden to leave until I say so.

No exceptions.

Very well. Follow me.

What on earth--

No, you're not on earth any more.

Come on.

Welcome to the go for broke.

For my sins, I am the captain.

Must have taken years to build--

six anda half,

to be exact -- if you please.

I modelled her on the steamers

I used to pilot up and down the Mississippi.

I added a couple of sails for the scaredy ancients

among us, to make them feel comfortable.

Those of us from the civilized democracies,

we are in the minority here in this world.

The average riverworlder will kill you

as soon as look at you.

And on this vessel,

you're going to find some rules and freedoms

that don't exist on the land.

With those liberties, we are going to travel

everywhere and anywhere this river will take us.

Are you going down river?

You got a reason we should go up river?

Yeah...

Nobody ever learned anything sailing away from the source.

How about seeing the engine room?

Everything you need to see, you can see from up here.

We use the best materials and men.

And we got fellows here who worked on St. Paul's cathedral,

the pyramids, the Titanic, which, they tell me,

was quite an engineering feat despite its later mishap.

I'm sure any question you have will be answered soon enough.

[ Bell ringing ]

In the meantime, there's plenty of jobs around here

for you to earn your keep.

These are your shadows.

Doesn't look like we have much of a choice.

It's nothing personal -- just can't afford

a security risk this close to launching her.

Sam...a word.

Excuse me.

Well...what is it?

I've found enough palladium to start the wheels

and keep them turning.

Where?

A decoration on Valdemar's throne.

It's pretty rare, monat.

Any cetian can smell saturated metal hydride a mile away.

Our technology is based on it.

Timing's good.

With Valdemar gone, it'll be pretty confused around there.

I'm sure I can get it.

Valdemar, we knew. Nero, we don't.

What if someone gets caught? No, can't risk it.

Sam, the whole rock gives us enough critical mass

to finally launch this boat -- waiting is the risk.

This is not a democracy, tane.

I decide who goes, who stays,

when we launch, and when we don't.

And what I'm telling you both is...

I'll think about it.

How you ever convinced me

to develop this cockamamie technology of yours,

I'll never know.

What's the matter with a wood-burning furnace, anyway?

My boat powered by rocks.

That looks good. Pull it close.

Gwen, look!

I can make you a pretty dress.

Me?

Look, I've almost forgotten what it's like

to wear civilized clothes.

How about I teach you to sew,

as well?

I'm just going to take a bath.

Do you want to come watch me?

Woo!

Oh! What-- do you mind?

No, I don't.

In my time, when a bunch of us would

get together in a hot tub, we'd call it a party.

But I guess you didn't do

that stuff in your time.

Not if one had manners.

I wonder what my children

would think of me now.

Did you have a family?

I had a son.

He died of leukemia.

And his...Mother, she tried...

She tried, but she couldn't

stand the pain -- she took her own life.

I'm so sorry.

So, who's going to get out first?

[ Chuckling ]

Not me. Heh-heh.

How much of it is mine?

As far as the eye can see.

To expand further, we need the ship the rebels are building.

Our spies tell us it's nearly ready to launch.

Then we should act soon.

[ Grunting and straining ]

We mine enough ore from the rocks that fall from the sky

to keep our men fully armed.

The rebels steal from the harvest fields occasionally,

but it never amounts to much.

Valdemar couldn't catch them?

They are highly skilled.

Sometimes, it is better to allow them some freedom.

Their ingenuity can be useful.

Tom got more cuffs and kisses that day,

according to aunt Polly's varying moods,

then he'd earned before in a whole year.

Hmm...he hardly knew which expressed

the most gratefulness to god and affection for himself.

More tomorrow.

Time for you to go to sleep.

What's this?

H0-ho-ho.

Well, who did this for you?

Huh? Wasn't one of us.

One of the new crowd, huh?

Was it Mr. Hale?

Mr. Lev?

Miss Alice?

Miss Alice.

Well, well, well.

She's quite an artist.

And dressmaker, too.

I take it you like each other, huh?

Don't get too fond of her.

Correct me if I'm wrong,

I don't recall inviting you below decks.

Take us with you.

I have a hundred berths on board

and a hundred workers ready for them.

Besides, we're going down river.

That doesn't seem to interest you.

Sam, listen to me -- in all your years here,

have you ever seen a native of this world?

Not in ten years.

There's stories, but that's all they are.

They're not stories.

Someone came to me while I was still under the water.

He gave me the power to see the future.

I saw nero;

I saw a dark tower wrapped in ice and snow;

and I saw this exact boat headed up river,

and I was on it.

Well, I reckon if that's our future,

it'll happen the way you saw it.

You don't believe me.

I don't believe anyone.

And I don't believe inanyone, except myself.

Then believe in what your eyes are telling you.

Believe in that -- look at this world around you:

The obelisk, the canisters, the food, the clothing.

You can't tell me that someone isn't behind this.

You spent years working on this boat.

Years! Don't you want to take it out

and find some answers for yourself?

Answers? I didn't find answers in my last life.

Why the hell would I want to waste my time

trying to find them in this one?

You forget, I'm older than you. I'm a lot older than you.

I have a 30-year-old body

and a 90-year-old mind -- and what I have learned

in my considerable time is to enjoy the journey,

not the destination.

Now, the closest obelisk is quite a hike.

You'll be needing some help

in the morning with the canisters.

Why don't you go make yourself useful?

[ Whistling ]

Ah-ah-ah...that's not nice.

Up the hill; Up the hill!

Monat, tane!

Get down here. Look what I found.

Sneaking around...

Trying to find--

ah! Ohhh...

Why did you do that?

He was a spy, a vandal scout.

It is the way of riverworld.

We could've questioned him.

You are a stranger here.

You have no right to question him

or me.

Someone! I need some help with this man.

Well, the good news is they won't miss him for a few days.

[ Monat ]: If we go now, we'll return

before then, and launch -- they won't know we were there.

If we go where now?

Valdemar's fortress.

There's some things there we need.

[ Monat ]: He's been mining the meteors.

Iron for weapons, mostly.

But meteors contain other useful metals, hale.

The rarest is hydrated palladium,

which we intend to use as a fuel for our boiler.

Valdemar found a rock large enough to yield

an almost perpetual energy source.

Ha-ha-ha. Perpetual, huh? Impossible.

Cold fusion has formed the basis

of cetian energy production for centuries.

To hell with the boat then.

Let's build a spaceship,

and we'll just get off this godforsaken planet.

Just the two of us, what do you say?

Monat, tane...

One of you goes; One of you stays.

I can't risk losing both of you.

I will go.

Without monat's brain power, the boat doesn't go anywhere.

I broke out alive. I'll break back in.

Fine. Both of you go.

If you're not back before the next high tide,

I'm going to assume the worst.

I'm going to launch her without you...

On sail power alone.

Even with all these heroics,

I can't guarantee you a berth.

If there's not enough room for us all, take the others.

Get me the damn rock... There may be room on the deck.

Do you trust him?

I don't trust any human... Even you.

Welcome to the valley of meteors.

Without them, we wouldn't have had

enough ore to make our boiler.

We should keep moving.

We're entering vandal borderlands.

We should find cover.

You got it?

He said it was here behind the headboard.

Naw, it's gone.

Looking for this?

[ Clamouring ]

Come on. Hold still!

You should have freed me when you had the chance.

Those who help me are rewarded.

You've done well.

Your bargain with Valdemar endures.

Bring him with us to the ship.

It's a shame to waste

such promising centurion material.

But he will make a good example for the others.

[ ♪♪♪ ]

Woo!

Would you like to try?Hmm, yes.

Sam!

[ Yelling ]

Fight!

Fight...fight!

Everybody fight!

Surrender or they die!

Both of them!

Valdemar had more to offer me

than just a berth on a boat to nowhere.

Sorry.

I gather she's ready to launch at the next high tide.

Teach my men how to sail her,

and your lives will be saved.

You, however, can expect no such kindness.

The great Neptune will require a sacrifice,

if my voyages are to prosper.

And what better candidate

than my first...True enemy in this world?

Make it slow.

The profit is all in the pain.

Keep her apart from the rest.

Come on!

With this, we do not need to rely on the wind.

And no one on the river

can have anything like this.

I want to see it work.

Now, which of you wants to be the next crew member

to die?

Once lit,

the energy converts to heat

which creates steam

which creates pressure

which turns the wheel.

Good. Have the strongest prisoners load the supplies.

Store the others in the hold.

The hold wasn't built for people!

The weak will die. The strong will survive.

I fail to see your problem.

Oh...what my legions could have achieved

with metal hearts beating inside their ships.

Everywhere this boat sets anchor

soldiers will be added to my armies,

slaves to my workforce--

you see, the only cure for anarchy

is the firm hand and iron will

of a leader with a vision.

For the good of the citizens, Rome must be resurrected.

Make him load the ship with the others.

[ Gasping ]

Less than 12 hours to high tide.

Hold your breath long enough at the end,

and you might just get to see me waving you goodbye.

[ Chuckling ]

Ahh!stay there!

[ Clamouring ]

Everyone!

You must be still!

Be still.

Be still.

Breathe slowly.

Save your strength, or you will die.

Are you all right?

If we live, we'll build another boat

and sail in the opposite direction.

They're not going to let us live.

You and I both know that.

The first time I was murdered,

I hadn't the strength to go down fighting.

Now I do.

Are you with me? If we get the chance.

Enough talk...Move it!

Sam...sam!move, now!

There's a time and a place. Come!

If only you had been reasonable.

[ Gasping ]

Get in there!

Where's Gwen?

Where'sgwen?i don't know.

Gwen?

I can only hope she escaped.

Mali, you died in a hold like this, didn't you?

It was all for nothing.

This is how you humans comfort each other?

There was a distinct shortage of comfort in birkenau.

In the end, when all was stripped away,

the only words of comfort that meant anything to me were these:

"I am still alive."

Say it.

I am still alive.

Again.

I am still alive.

Everything ready? Nero's coming.Yes, sir.

The boat is ready.

How long till high tide?

Less than an hour.

And the woman?

She awaits you in the captain's quarters.

I do not wish to be disturbed.

[ Gasping ]

Good girl.

If anything bad happens... Go to your hiding spot.

Heh-heh-heh.ah!

I like your spirit!

The more they evade us,

the more we admire them.

I know I intrigue you,

though you wish I didn't.

You're upset about your friend.

I did not order his death lightly.

But I must establish my authority,

if I'm to bring peace to this world.

Oh, is that what you're after?

You revolt me!

Oh.

You misunderstand me.

I do not claim to be perfect!

[ Gasping and muttering ]

How did you get out of that one?

Good things come in small packages.

Gwen freed you? She's safe?

Yeah, she's ok. Where's Alice?

Listen up. The tide's almost in.

So, we're going to launch the boat right away.

It's too risky. They don't know how to sail her yet.

That's our advantage. This is our window of opportunity.

There might not be another one.

We have to work together to make it through this thing.

Now, are you in? Are you out?

I've got to know right now.

I'm in.

Ok.

Now, if we want to live,

if we want freedom, everyone that steps foot on that deck

will have to fight for it.

And maybe to the death, if necessary.

Are you ready?

Are you ready?

Are you ready?

Are you ready?

Yes...yes!

All right. We're going for the ropes.

The men on the ground won't be a factor once we're underway,

but we have got to come up with a diversion,

something to hold them in the beginning.

Leave that to us.

Can you handle a sword? First time for everything.

Get two men. Meet me above.

Mali! You go for the ropes and then meet us, as well.

Come on, up you go.

Let's go. One at a time.

Psst!

What are you doing there? I said stay put.

All right, you can stay. Help Mali with the ropes.

Now, go, go!

Lev, I'm going after Alice.

Good luck.

I was inexperienced, impatient.

I lacked the judgment of the elder emperors.

But I've learned from my mistakes.

And now I know

I need a strong empress by my side

to steady me, to teach me...

Compassion...

An emotion I was never

allowed to develop in Rome.

Choose someone else! Ahh!

Ah...look,

you havesecrets.

I don't know what you're talking about.

You have such pain behind your eyes.

Who left you?

Forget him.

Consider me instead.

I can give you everything.

Everything except love.

Ah, love...

The ultimate challenge.

So, Neptune

spat you from his waters.

Don't.then drop it.

Do it.

Oh, do it.

Everything's secure here.

He's just about finished.

You over there!

These had better work, monat.

They will.

The sword.

Kick it!

Don't you see? The true leader

will always sacrifice the one

for the good of the many, no matter what his feelings.

Ready.

Clear!

That's the difference between us, hale.

That's why I'm destined to rule,

and you're destined

to perish.

[ Clamouring ]

Ahh!

Stay here. Not on your Nelly.

Run for the ship!

Stop them! They're headed for the boat!

[ Screaming ]

Mali, help!

Mali, quick. Cut the last rope

Arghh...!

[ Clamouring ]

Unbelievable. We've launched.

Monat, get another rocket.

Go to the engine room. Fire up the boiler.

You never told me about explosives, Sam.

Hell of a launch party.

The engine room. We got to get out of here.

Watch out for nero. He's still out there.

The sails.

The current is pushing us towards the rocks!

The pressure is up.

Here goes.

You ever done any sailing?

[ Lev ]: I'm from danzig -- we learned to sail

before we can pee standing up.

Good. Tie it off. Take the wheel.

Right.

You need to go below deck. It's safe.

Go on, go. Right now.

Oh, dear god.

Oh, dear god.

Give me strength!

Monat! What now?

[ Straining ]

How are we?

Full starboard! Full starboard!

I have almost

no control without the engine.

I'm on it!

Sam...we need power now, or

we're going to hit the rocks.

What about the sails?

It's keeping us from drifting, but that's about it.

We're doing all we can. We got a kink in here somewhere.

[ Straining ]

Not a technologically sound idea.

Well, necessity is the mother of invention.

[ Straining ]

[ Hale ]: Hit it, it's working!

Wait, enough already.

She's coming around.

[ Lev ]: I've got her. We're in the clear.

Good going!

Sam, there might be more vandals on the boat.

You go fore. I'll sweep aft.

Stay put. [ Hale ]: Watch yourself.

We're almost clear. Hale, be careful!

Your fight's with me.

I suppose it is.

But I ask myself,

why bother?

"What an artist the world loses in me."

Famous last words, right?

You've studied me. How gratifying.

Yeah, I've studied you.

I've studied nero the emperor

and nero the coward.

According to history, you poisoned your way

to the top and then,

under your fine leadership,

the whole empire fell.

Well, history is mistaken.

You were the sad end

of the augustine dynasty,

andthe end of Rome.

No...no!

I tried to resurrect a crumbling republic.

My own mother,

my wife, octavia, they all plotted against me...

And against Rome.

I died fighting against false accusations.

You died on the run, and then you killed yourself

because you were afraid to face your enemies.

Thatwas your legacy.

Be very, very careful.

Give him your weapon.

I said...Come on!

Give him your weapon.

Move!

I'll die fighting false accusations again,

if that's what the gods demand of me.

So, Neptune will have my sacrifice.

Arghhh!

The first person you have ever killed?

Yeah...

Yeah, up close.

He won't be the last.

Not by far.

Nero is dead. Drop your weapons.

Drop it!

You can jump... Or we can push you.

We won! We won!

You fought well.

Are you ok?

Are you?

Seems we're coming along whether you like it or not.

I guess so.

[ Knocking ]

You were right. It was a great launch party.

Come on in.

Well, here's to life on the river.

They all want you to be--

Sam, I did what I had to do to get us out of there.

This isn't mine. I didn't build her.

I'm not asking you to buy her.

Truth is, all I really want is to be the...

The pilot of the go for broke.

Mess about on the river. I don't know, maybe...

Maybe find myself a little adventure.

"Mess about on the river," huh?

Kind of like Tom Sawyer?

Uh-huh.

I don't know if aunt Polly would approve of that.

But I bet Mark twain would...

Or Sam clemens, as he was known to his friends back in the days

when he was--

piloting that steamboat up and down ol' miss.

Mark twain.

I haven't heard that name in years.

Born under a comet.

Died under a comet.

Partial to meteors.

Come on, Sam, why don't you tell them the truth?

Why don't you tell them who you really are?

Do you miss your family, hale?

I do.

But they know someone named Mark twain.

When I look back on my earthly life,

I realized that I was the most happiest

when I was plain old Sam the boat pilot.

Maybe I knew who I was and who I wasn't.

Now, I figure that's why I'm here, to find out

why that was so.

I'd sure appreciate it if you let it stay that way...

Captain.

Let's head up river.

[ Chuckling ]

Their journey has begun.

As you said it would.

But will it be completed in time?

Will it be completed at all?

That, none of us can foresee.

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