Original subtitles

PREVIOUSLY ON FLASH GORDON...

I AM MING. JOE WYLEE, YOUR PRISONER.

ARE YOU OKAY?

[LENU]: YOU HAVE BEEN IMPLANTED WITH A NEURAL-EMITTING ANODE.

WHEN CALLED UPON, YOU'LL DO AS YOU ARE COMMANDED.

THE IMEX. NOW NOTHING CAN STOP US.

BE PROUD TO CALL YOURSELVES DEVIATES.

ALL MY LIFE, I'VE BEEN TOLD YOU WERE AWFUL CREATURES,

BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT NOW.

THEN STAND WITH ME AGAINST THIS INJUSTICE.

STOP! STOP!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING? INTRODUCING YOU TO TEREK,

YOUR BROTHER.

WE WILL HAVE OUR MEETING WITH THE BENEVOLENT FATHER,

WHETHER HE WANTS IT OR NOT.

I'M TIRED OF HIS EXCUSES.

AND I ASSURE YOU,

WE ARE WORKING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM

AS SWIFTLY AS POSSIBLE.

BENEVOLENT FATHER...

AT EASE.

SHE MEANS NO HARM.

BUT CLEARLY YOU DO.

FOR THREE MOONS,

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED OUR ALLOTMENT OF SOURCE WATER.

OUR CROPS ARE DYING

AND OUR RESERVES ARE ALMOST GONE.

I WANT OUR WATER AND I WANT IT NOW.

OH, YOU ARE NOTHING IF NOT PREDICTABLE, VESTRA.

I WAS JUST EXPLAINING

TO MY VENERABLE DACTYL FRIENDS,

WE'RE HAVING DISTRIBUTION PROBLEMS,

BUT WE'RE WORKING HARD TO RESOLVE THE SITUATION.

WELL, PERHAPS YOU NEED TO WORK HARDER.

DRY MOUTHS WHISPER THE LOUDEST.

AND WHAT DO THEY WHISPER?

THEY SAY THAT YOUR SUPPLIES OF SOURCE WATER

ARE NEARLY EXHAUSTED.

[LAUGHS]

AND LAST CYCLE, THEY SAID

THAT I WAS PLANNING TO INVADE FRIGIA.

YOU KNOW BETTER THAN TO LISTEN TO RUMORS, VESTRA.

YOU WILL HAVE YOUR WATER.

[MING]: TELL ME YOU'VE FINISHED.

WE ARE STILL CALCULATING THE PRECISE RIFT POINTS.

YOU SWORE TO ME, RANKOL,

WITH THE IMEX YOU WOULD SUCCEED.

WELL, YOU HAVE IT! I'M TIRED OF WAITING.

WE'RE FOCUSING THE EGRESS RIFT

INSIDE THE RESERVOIR.

THERE. IT'S DONE.

THEN MAKE IT HAPPEN.

NOW!

I THINK YOU SHOULD BE THE ONE,

BENEVOLENT FATHER.

IT'S WORKING.

[RIFT ALARM WAILS]

OH...

THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING.

OH...

FLASH, YEAH, UH...

WE GOT ONE, AND IT'S BIG.

REALLY, REALLY, REALLY BIG.

GET EVERYBODY AND MEET ME AT LAKE KENDAL.

DO YOU SEE ANYTHING? NO,

BUT FROM THE RADIANT PLASMA LEVELS I'M GETTING,

THERE'S A RIFT AROUND HERE THAT'S SO BIG,

HE COULD BE SENDING AN ARMY.

I DO NOT BELIEVE HE IS SENDING SOMETHING.

I BELIEVE HE IS TAKING SOMETHING.

WHAT THE HELL?

THIS ISN'T GOOD.

IT'S DISAPPEARING.

THAT EXPLAINS THE SIZE OF THE RIFT.

HE'S STEALING LAKE KENDAL.

[***]

SUCCESS.

AT LAST.

AND THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.

LET US HOPE THAT THE DIMENSIONAL DIVIDE

CAN WITHSTAND THE STRESS.

ARE YOU CAPABLE OF HAPPINESS, RANKOL?

THIS IS A HUGE TRIUMPH.

LET'S TRY TO ENJOY IT.

I AM PLEASED.

FOR THE MOMENT, IT WOULD SEEM

THAT ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS ARE SOLVED.

YES, YES.

CALL A MEETING OF ALL CANTON AMBASSADORS,

AND BEGIN DISTRIBUTION IMMEDIATELY.

HAVE YOU NOT CONSIDERED

THAT THE PEOPLE OF EARTH MAY MISS THEIR LAKE

AND BEGIN ASKING QUESTIONS?

THE ONLY PEOPLE ON EARTH WHO KNOW ABOUT US

ARE FLASH GORDON AND HIS FRIENDS.

YES, AND ACCORDING TO MY PROXY, THEY'VE TOLD NO ONE.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY'RE ON OUR SIDE.

SEND ORDERS TO OUR PATRIOTS

TO WATCH FOR HIM.

OH, AND RANKOL,

TELL THE DOLAN I WANT TO HEAR TESTIMONY.

I HAVE A FEELING

THE PROPHECY WILL FAVOR ME TODAY.

WE'VE GOT TO STOP HIM.

HOW DID HE PULL THIS OFF?

RANKOL MUST HAVE ENHANCED THE RIFT GENERATOR.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO BLOW IT UP.

[JOE]: I DID SIX MONTHS ON THE BOMB SQUAD.

GET ME THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT AND I CAN BLOW UP ANYTHING.

GOOD, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED IT.

WE'VE GOT TO STOP HIM BEFORE HE DOES THIS AGAIN.

THIS IS HUGE, FLASH. MAYBE NOT THE TYPE OF THING

WE SHOULD BE HANDLING ON OUR OWN.

NO, NO, NO, LOOK,

WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS A MILLION TIMES.

NO ONE ELSE CAN KNOW ABOUT THIS.

HE JUST STOLE A LAKE.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIG FOR US.

SHE'S GOT A POINT, FLASH. SO DOES ZARKOV.

IF YOUR PEOPLE FIND OUT ABOUT DIMENSIONAL TRAVEL, THEY TOO WILL--

I KNOW, THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE WILL BE DESTROYED.

OKAY, IF WE CAN'T BLOW IT UP AND TAKE OUT THE THREAT,

THEN WE'LL TELL.

YOU WANTED TO SEE ME, FATHER?

YES.

AURA, I'VE NOTICED YOU'VE BEEN, UM...

YOU'VE BEEN DISTANT LATELY.

NOW, IS THERE SOMETHING TROUBLING YOU?

AND WHY WOULD YOU THINK THAT?

YOU'VE BEEN SO GOOD TO ME.

YOU SO LOVINGLY MURDERED THAT YOUNG MAN

IN FRONT OF ME,

AND THEN YOU SO THOUGHTFULLY

LEFT ME TO DIE

IN THE HANDS OF DEVIATE KIDNAPPERS.

WHY WOULD I BE TROUBLED?

INDEED.

WELL THEN, I HAVE SOMETHING TO CHEER YOU.

I'VE DECIDED IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO HAVE A TITLE.

SO, I'M APPOINTING YOU AS PREFECT.

NOW, YOU LIKED BARIN,

SO I'M THINKING THE VERDAN PREFECTURE

WOULD BE A SUITABLE POSTING.

A PREFECT, REALLY?

MM-HMM.

YOU THINK I'M READY FOR THAT?

WELL, OF COURSE NOT, BUT YOU'LL LEARN.

WELL, THANK YOU, FATHER.

BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE VERDAN.

PERHAPS I COULD BE MORE USEFUL TO YOU

AS PREFECT TO THE DEVIATES.

THE DEVIATES?

YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS.

THEY JUST KIDNAPPED YOU.

I LEARNED A LOT WHEN I WAS AMONG THEM.

I BEAR THEM NO ILL WILL.

THEY'RE NOT EVEN A RECOGNIZED CANTON.

PERHAPS THEY SHOULD BE.

THEY'RE ANGRY, FATHER.

ANGRY, AND THEY HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE,

AND UNLIKE THE OTHERS, THEY DON'T NEED YOUR WATER.

SO AS LONG AS THEY'RE SHUT OUT, YOU HAVE NO INFLUENCE OVER THEM.

I COULD CHANGE THAT.

WELL...

THEY ARE BECOMING A PROBLEM,

AND IT WOULD DIFFUSE THEM.

VERY WELL, THEN.

I ASSIGN YOU AS PREFECT TO THE DEVIATES.

[CHUCKLES]

AND YOU TRY NOT TO LET THEM KILL YOU.

I GUESS WE'RE LUCKY WE DIDN'T LAND IN THE LAKE.

BUT WHERE IS IT?

'CAUSE I SURE DON'T SEE A PLACE TO HIDE A LAKE AROUND HERE.

I'VE RECALIBRATED THE DIMENSIONAL FREQUENCY READER

TO DETECT ANYTHING FROM EARTH, TO TRACK THE WATER.

BAYLIN, DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE?

WE ARE IN A RESTRICTED ZONE.

WHY WOULD THIS BE RESTRICTED? THERE'S NOTHING HERE.

OH, YES, THERE IS.

[BEEPING]

WHAT?

LAKE KENDAL.

IT'S RIGHT BELOW US.

AN UNDERGROUND RESERVOIR?

LOOK OUT!

OKAY, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LONG UNTIL MING KNOWS WE'RE HERE.

WE BETTER MOVE. HEY...

WHY DON'T YOU GO BACK WHILE YOU STILL HAVE A CHANCE?

I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET HURT.

IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO YOU, I...

I KNOW, BUT WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER.

LET'S GO.

I AM HAPPY TO REPORT

THAT THE PROBLEMS WITH TRANSPORTS

HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED,

AND YOU WILL ALL HAVE YOUR SOURCE WATER ALLOCATIONS

BY MOONRISE.

SO, YOU SEE,

AS I SAID--

EXCUSE ME, FATHER.

YES.

AS I SAID...

YOU, DOCILE, COME WITH ME.

WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN THERE?

HE'S MY FATHER.

I WANTED TO SEE HIM.

HE'S SHORTER THAN I THOUGHT.

OH, CONGRATULATIONS, BY THE WAY.

THEY'VE ANNOUNCED THAT YOU'VE BEEN MADE PREFECT.

IMPRESSIVE.

HOW DID YOU GET IN THERE?

I HAVE FRIENDS IN UNEXPECTED PLACES.

AND THIS?

FOR MY PROTECTION.

OUR FATHER'S A DANGEROUS MAN.

YOU WERE GOING TO KILL HIM.

WOULDN'T THAT BE SWEET JUSTICE?

KILLED BY THE SON HE THOUGHT HE MURDERED.

BUT NO,

I MERELY WANTED THE SATISFACTION

OF KNOWING THAT I COULD KILL HIM.

I WOULDN'T DO SO BEFORE WE WERE PROPERLY INTRODUCED.

THAT WOULD BE RUDE.

THIS IS NO TIME TO BE GLIB.

ANY ACTION THAT WOULD HARM HIM

WOULD ONLY FURTHER ISOLATE THE DEVIATES.

YOU TELL ME THAT AS MY PREFECT, OR AS MY SISTER?

AS A FRIEND.

I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU.

THEN WHY DON'T YOU HELP ARRANGE A MEETING

BETWEEN THE BENEVOLENT FATHER AND TEREK OF THE DEVIATES?

THIS IS NOT THE TIME.

THEN I'LL ARRANGE A MEETING OF MY OWN.

BUT I WARN YOU,

IT MAY NOT END WELL.

I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO,

BUT YOU HARM HIM, OR TELL HIM WHO YOU ARE,

AND I WILL KILL YOU MYSELF.

I'VE JUST LEARNED THAT FLASH GORDON AND HIS COMPANIONS

HAVE BEEN SPOTTED BY PATROL PROBES

OVER THE RESERVOIR.

THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THEIR LAKE.

DOES THE BENEVOLENT FATHER KNOW THIS?

NO.

HE'S SCHEDULED TO HEAR TESTIMONY FROM THE MONKS.

I DON'T WANT TO UPSET HIM.

CAN WE ASSUME THAT YOUR PROXY IS STILL WITH FLASH GORDON?

I'VE INSTRUCTED HIM TO STAY WITH HIM

WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

HE WILL COMPLY.

ANY ATTEMPT TO TAMPER WITH THE IMPLANT

WOULD KILL HIM.

EXCELLENT.

NOW MAY BE THE PERFECT TIME TO PROVE TO MING

HOW EFFECTIVE YOUR TECHNOLOGY CAN BE.

INSTRUCT YOUR PROXY TO LURE FLASH GORDON TO US.

OF COURSE.

MING WILL BE PLEASED.

AND THE OTHERS?

ONCE WE HAVE FLASH GORDON,

I WILL SEND PATRIOTS TO PICK THEM UP,

BUT FIRST, HAVE GORDON BROUGHT TO YOU.

I MUST GO TO THE TESTIMONY.

I'M AFRAID THAT I WON'T BE ABLE TO SHARE IN YOUR VICTORY.

HOW COULD MING HAVE DONE THIS? I THOUGHT YOU SAID

THE RIFT TECHNOLOGY WAS IMPERFECT.

IT IS, OR IT WAS.

NO WAY HE COULD HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE IMEX.

WHICH YOU KEEP SAFELY HIDDEN IN A TEA TIN IN YOUR LAB.

DID YOU KEEP IT ON A WORKBENCH IN THE BACK OF YOUR LAB?

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

I DON'T KNOW.

I MUST HAVE HEARD ONE OF YOU TALKING ABOUT IT.

SO YOU THINK THAT RANKOL'S GOT IT? BUT HOW?

WELL, THAT WOULD EXPLAIN HOW HE WAS ABLE TO STEAL AN ENTIRE LAKE.

OKAY, WE GOT TO BLOW UP THIS RIFT GENERATOR AND QUICK.

WHO KNOWS, THE OCEAN COULD BE NEXT.

THE FIRST THING WE NEED IS EXPLOSIVES.

I KNOW A MAN.

GAFF.

HE MAY BE ABLE TO HELP,

BUT WHAT WE NEED WILL BE EXPENSIVE.

THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT THIS.

JOE AND I WILL TRY TO TURN THIS WATER

INTO SOME DRAM.

YOU GUYS FIND THIS GAFF GUY.

LARIK WILL KNOW WHERE TO FIND HIM.

MEET US AT THE STEEPHOUSE.

[GROANS]

HEY, HEY...

ARE YOU OKAY?

YEAH.

I'M FINE.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, THIS GUY THAT BAYLIN KNOWS,

HE'S SORT OF A MONGO VERSION

OF A PAWNBROKER.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SELL HIM THIS STUFF.

JUST HOPE THEY LIKE BASEBALL ON MONGO.

JOE? JOE?

JOE...

JOE!

THE NEW PROPHECY PROCLAIMS,

"THE WATER BEARER IS THE RULER REBORN."

DID YOU HEAR THAT, RANKOL?

YES.

I AM THE WATER BEARER.

I BROUGHT WATER FROM EARTH.

I HAVE BEEN REBORN.

WE REJOICE IN THE PROPHECY.

NOT ONLY HAVE I DELIVERED WATER TO MY PEOPLE,

THE WATER HAS DELIVERED ME.

MY DESTINY HAS BEEN RE-WRITTEN.

YOU'RE SURE THERE WAS NOTHING ABOUT A USURPER?

IT SPOKE ONLY OF THE RULER REBORN.

I HAVE BEATEN FATE, RANKOL.

YOU SAID YOURSELF, THE PROPHECY ONLY SPEAKS TRUTH.

WELL, TODAY, THERE IS A NEW TRUTH.

THE RULER IS REBORN.

THIS MUST PLEASE YOU.

LET THE USURPERS COME.

HOW I WILL CRUSH THEM ALL.

NOT EVEN FATE CAN BEAT ME.

[STROBING BEEP]

THERE'S SOMETHING I NEED YOU TO DO,

AND AS BEFORE,

YOU MUST NOT TELL ANYBODY ABOUT ME,

OR OUR LITTLE CHATS.

UNDERSTOOD. GOOD.

I NEED YOU TO BRING ME FLASH GORDON.

DONE.

THIRD THROW.

PAIR OF 20s OVER A NINE.

BLUE TAKES 50.

GAFF...

STILL WASTING TIME ON THE CHANCE?

JUST BIDING MY TIME

TILL YOU SHOWED UP, MY BEAUTY.

SAY THE WORD,

I'LL END THE GAME AND GET US A CHAMBER.

THERE IS NOT A CHAMBER ON THE PLANET.

OH...

SO, THIS IS HIM? HE HAS WHAT WE NEED?

WHAT HE DOES NOT HAVE, HE CAN GET.

ARE YOU ABLE TO MEET MY PRICE?

WE WILL BE.

OUR FRIENDS WILL BRING DRAM.

THEN LET ME BUY YOU LADIES A STEEP

UNTIL YOUR FRIENDS ARRIVE.

AND YOUR...

BONDSMAN?

NO, THANK YOU.

I'VE SWORN OFF THE STUFF.

WELL...

UNTIL OUR FRIENDS ARRIVE...

I CLAIM RED.

FIRST THROW.

YOUR LACK OF FAITH SHAMES US ALL.

I HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL,

FOR CYCLE UPON CYCLE,

AND FOR WHAT?

SO MING'S REIGN OF RULE AND BRUTALITY

COULD BE EXTENDED?

THIS IS NOT FAITH.

IT IS PRIDE.

IT IS NOT FOR YOU TO QUESTION DESTINY.

WHAT IS SPOKEN WILL BE.

BUT IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THIS WAY.

THE GREAT WARRIOR--

THE WARRIOR IS NOT COMING.

IT IS YOUR DUTY TO ACCEPT THAT.

I CANNOT.

YOU CAN,

AND YOU WILL,

BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR DESTINY.

NO.

MY SCIENCE MADE MING THE WATER-BEARER.

I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS TWIST IN FORTUNE.

EGO AND PRIDE.

FEEL THAT.

IT IS THE SKIN OF THE MONKS WHO SERVED BEFORE YOU.

DID THEY MAKE ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THEIR FATE?

NO.

THEY GAVE EVERYTHING WITHOUT A WHISPER OF PROTEST.

I KNOW, AND I AM ASHAMED.

I DARED TO HOPE THAT FLASH GORDON WOULD DELIVER US.

THE PROPHECY SAID NOTHING OF GORDON.

YOU MADE THAT DECISION.

BUT YOU SAID SO YOURSELF.

ALL OF THE SIGNS SEEMED TO POINT TOWARDS HIM.

YOU WERE WRONG.

WE SERVE THE PROPHECY.

WE DO NOT SHAPE OR DICTATE IT.

IF YOU HAVE LOST SIGHT OF THAT,

PERHAPS YOU WOULD BE MORE USEFUL TO THE ORDER HERE.

7 OVER 17s.

DOUBLE DIGLISH.

RED TAKES 3-40,

AND YOU'RE EMPTYING MY POCKETS!

I AM MERELY PASSING TIME

UNTIL OUR FRIENDS BRING THE MONEY

FOR THE SUPPLIES WE REQUIRE.

THOUGH THEY ARE TAKING LONGER THAN EXPECTED.

GIVE OVER THE CHAIR.

LEAVE YOUR DRAM THERE,

AND I WILL GIVE YOU WHAT YOU CAME FOR.

PAID IN FULL?

IN FULL.

JOE?

JOE!

FLASH!

THERE YOU ARE. WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?

NOTHING, I LOOKED AROUND, AND YOU WERE GONE.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I WAS STANDING RIGHT THERE.

YOU KNOW WHAT, NEVER MIND.

LET'S JUST GET OUT OF HERE

BEFORE WE RUN INTO ANY MORE TROUBLE.

GOOD IDEA.

OH, HEY, TOO LATE.

THIS WAY!

WHAT?

RUN, RUN!

GO!

AURA?

WHAT IS THIS?

THERE'S SOMEONE I WANT YOU TO MEET.

I AM TEREK.

HOW DARE YOU BRING A DEVIATE INTO MY HOME?

HE'S THEIR LEADER.

HE WANTS TO SPEAK TO YOU,

AND AS THEIR PREFECT, I ARRANGED THAT.

IS THIS IS THE ONE WHO KIDNAPPED YOU?

FATHER, NO!

HE DIDN'T HARM ME.

HE JUST WANTS TO TALK TO YOU.

I THOUGHT YOU'D BE A COWARD AND SUMMON YOUR GUARDS,

BUT YOU'D FACE ME YOURSELF.

I RESPECT THAT.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

WE WANT YOU TO STOP THE PURGING OF DEVIATE BIRTHS.

AS DIFFICULT AS THIS MAY BE FOR YOU TO HEAR,

DEVIATION IS A SICKNESS.

IT IS A CANCER THAT THREATENS TO DESTROY US ALL.

NOW, MY DUTY IS TO PROTECT MY PEOPLE,

AND I WILL,

HOWEVER DIFFICULT THAT MAY BE.

AND MY DUTY IS TO PROTECT MY PEOPLE,

EVEN IF IT MEANS KILLING YOURS.

THAT'S ENOUGH!

THREATS ARE NOT THE ANSWER.

THEY MEAN US NO HARM.

THEY ONLY ASK

TO BE TREATED AS OTHERS ARE.

NO, AURA,

BUT THEY ARE NOT LIKE OTHERS,

BECAUSE THEY CARRY THE SEEDS OF OUR DESTRUCTION.

AURA, I KNOW YOU MAY THINK ME CRUEL,

BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING

THAT I HAVE NEVER TOLD ANYONE.

YOUR MOTHER HAD DEVIATE BLOOD.

SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN,

WHO SHOWED NO SIGNS,

SO I DID NOT KNOW...

UNTIL SHE GAVE ME A SON.

A DEVIATE.

I DID NOT SEE IT,

BUT FROM ALL ACCOUNTS,

IT WAS A WRETCHED

AND TWISTED CREATURE

SO REPUGNANT OF FORM,

THAT WHEN IT WAS LEFT TO DIE IN THE BANELANDS,

EVEN THE HENJA BEASTS WOULD NOT TOUCH IT.

SO, DON'T TELL ME I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR PAIN.

I UNDERSTAND IT ALL TOO WELL.

[SPITS]

THEY'VE CAPTURED FLASH GORDON.

THE BENEVOLENT FATHER WILL BE PLEASED.

YES.

I'M ON MY WAY TO TELL HIM NOW.

WAS IT AT LEAST A DIFFICULT CAPTURE?

NOT AT ALL.

[LOCK BEEPS]

LEAVE US.

WE WANT OUR LAKE BACK.

TOO LATE FOR THAT, I'M AFRAID.

SO THAT'S IT, THEN?

YOU'RE JUST GOING TO STEAL OUR CLEAN WATER?

WE WILL DO WHAT WE MUST TO SURVIVE.

LIKE WORK FOR MING?

I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU.

HERE YOU ARE, YOU'RE MING'S RIGHT-HAND MAN,

AND YET YOU'VE SAVED MY LIFE MORE THAN ONCE.

WHY?

I THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE SOMEONE ELSE,

BUT I WAS WRONG.

YOU'RE NOT THE ONE.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

TOUME SHEND

PEBEG KUSLERAVE.

NOW I REALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

"A BROKEN PEOPLE

WILL RECEIVE AID FROM AFAR."

MILAK ZEM THRUGDA.

"A GREAT WARRIOR

UNITES THE CANTONS."

DESTA RELL TUMA VEET,

VESTIMA SEP.

"AN INNOCENT WILL RETURN US TO INNOCENCE."

THAT'S CELETROPH PROPHECY,

WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ME?

NOTHING!

BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT THE ONE!

YOU ARE JUST SOME SOJOURNER WHO GOT LUCKY!

LUCKY?

THIS IS LUCKY?

AND IF YOU THINK I HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT PROPHECY,

I WOULD GET THAT PLATE OF YOURS EXAMINED.

HOPE BLINDS.

I KNOW.

I CAME TO THIS PLANET

HOPING TO FIND MY FATHER STILL ALIVE!

BUT YOU TOOK CARE OF THAT FOR ME, DIDN'T YOU?

THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT YOU DON'T SEE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND

HOW I COULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS YOU.

YOU GOT ME.

I'M NOT,

AND I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOU,

I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT ANYONE ELSE

ON THIS FORSAKEN PLANET.

AND NO ONE ON THIS PLANET CARES ABOUT YOU EITHER.

NOT ANYMORE.

YOU KNOW TOO MUCH,

ABOUT MY PLANS,

MY SACRIFICES.

I CAN'T RISK MING FINDING OUT.

GUARD!

OPEN.

HEY, YOU.

I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU.

[BLAST] [GROANS]

THAT IS THE KEY TO RANKOL'S LAB.

HE WAS HERE.

HE'S DEAD.

I THOUGHT THAT FLASH GORDON WAS HERE.

HE ESCAPED,

AND HE KILLED THE GUARD.

MOST UNFORTUNATE.

FIND HIM,

AND THIS TIME, I WANT HIM SHOT ON SIGHT.

I WANT ALL OF THEM DEAD!

SECURE THE AREA.

WE WILL PLANT THE CHARGES,

AND DESTROY THE RIFT GENERATOR.

WHAT IF I SEE SOMEONE?

AIM FOR THE CHEST.

HEADS ARE DIFFICULT TO HIT.

RIGHT.

WHOA...

IS THAT WHAT I THINK IT IS?

IT'S OUR LAKE.

IT APPEARS SO.

THERE ARE AQUEDUCTS, AND TUNNELS

AT THE POINT WHERE YOU FIRST DETECTED THE WATER.

THAT RESERVOIR IS HUGE!

CAN YOU IMAGINE THIS GUY'S FUNDING?

COULD YOU PLEASE STICK TO THE TASK AT HAND?

YES, OF COURSE.

YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, IF WE DO THIS,

WE'RE NOT GETTING OUR LAKE BACK.

AND IF WE DO NOT, MING WILL STEAL MANY MORE.

OH, NO.

I THINK I JUST FOUND THE POWER SOURCE.

LOOKS LIKE SOME KIND OF CONTAINED THERMO-GENERATION UNIT.

NO, STOP! STOP...

STOP? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

PSST!

IT IS POWERED BY XYRILIUM. XYRILIUM?

IT WAS A XYRILIUM EXPLOSION THAT CAUSED THE GREAT SORROW.

COUNTLESS DEATHS AND THE POISONING OF OUR PLANET.

IF WE BLOW THIS UP, WE WILL DESTROY ALL OF MONGO.

AH...

FLASH! WHERE'S JOE?

WE GOT SPLIT UP. I GOT GRABBED BY SOME PATRIOT GUYS,

BUT I THINK HE GOT AWAY. PATRIOTS GRABBED YOU?

YEAH, I JUST ESCAPED FROM AN INTIMATE ONE-ON-ONE WITH RANKOL.

SPEAKING OF WHICH, AREN'T YOU GOING THE WRONG WAY? HIS LAB'S THAT WAY.

NO, WE CANNOT BLOW UP THE RIFT GENERATOR. WHAT?

THE POWER CORE IS COMPOSED OF XYRILIUM.

ISN'T THAT THE STUFF THAT CAUSED THE GREAT SORROW?

YEAH, AND APPARENTLY IF WE BLOW IT UP,

IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

GREAT, GREAT, SO MING GETS TO KEEP HIS RIFT GENERATOR.

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]

WHOA. HEY... EASY THERE...

JOE...

I'M ON YOUR SIDE, REMEMBER?

THANK GOD, THEY DIDN'T GET TO YOU.

YEAH, I DUCKED OUT OF SIGHT JUST IN TIME.

IF THEY KNOW WE ARE HERE, THEY WILL COME AFTER US.

WE MUST LEAVE THE CITADEL NOW.

[DALE]: HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET PAST THE CHECKPOINTS?

LET'S SPLIT UP. FLASH AND I WILL HEAD OFF ON OUR OWN. IF THERE'S ANY TROUBLE,

WE CAN BE A DISTRACTION FOR YOUR ESCAPE.

NO. I'M NOT GOING TO RISK THE CHANCE OF LOSING ANYBODY.

I REALLY DON'T SEE ANOTHER WAY.

THERE IS ONE,

BUT IT COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS.

LEAD THE WAY.

SO, THESE ARE THE PIPELINES THAT LEAD TO THE CANTONS?

YES.

ONCE MING TOOK CONTROL OF THE WATER,

THE SYSTEM WAS SEALED.

THE SCREEN THAT SHOWED YOU THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM,

DO YOU THINK YOU COULD LEAD US TO THE RESERVOIR?

I BELIEVE SO.

WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? I'M THINKING WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO BLOW UP

THE RIFT GENERATOR, BUT IT'D BE A SHAME TO WASTE PERFECTLY GOOD EXPLOSIVES.

IT IS TOO HEAVY TO OPEN WITH A BLAST.

SO CLOSE...

WAIT.

WHAT ABOUT THE KEY WE USED TO OPEN RANKOL'S LAB?

NICE WORK, DALE.

I GUESS THIS IS IT.

WE MUST BE UNDER THE RESERVOIR.

THESE GOT TO BE THE PIPELINES THAT LEAD TO THE DIFFERENT CANTONS.

ACCORDING TO MY DIMENSIONAL FREQUENCY READER,

THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT OF SOMETHING FROM EARTH UP THERE.

LAKE KENDAL.

AND SOME CONFUSED TROUT.

YOU SURE YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH WITH THIS, FLASH?

OH, YEAH, THERE'S NO WAY I'M GOING TO LET MING

GET AWAY WITH STEALING OUR LAKE,

AND SINCE WE CAN'T GET IT BACK, WHAT BETTER WAY TO SCREW HIM OVER

THAN TO DELIVER IT FOR FREE TO THE CANTONS?

OKAY, EVERYONE GRAB A CHARGE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPREAD THEM OUT EVENLY

AROUND THIS RESERVOIR HERE.

BAYLIN AND I WILL TAKE CARE OF THE RESERVOIR.

AND ZARKOV AND I

WILL TAKE CARE OF THE TIMER AND DETONATOR.

[GROANS]

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE, RIGHT?

YOU BET.

OKAY, I'M GOING TO GO MAKE SURE

THOSE CHARGES ARE SET UP PROPERLY.

IT'S NOT WORKING.

AH!

STEP AWAY FROM THE CHARGE!

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND.

NOW!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

KILLING YOU.

OKAY, JOE, BUDDY, TALK TO ME. WHAT'S GOING ON?

I'M SORRY, BUT I HAVE TO KILL YOU.

WHY, EXACTLY?

JOE, STOP IT!

WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED,

THAT SCIENTIST WHO TORTURED HIM,

SHE MUST HAVE PROGRAMMED HIM.

LISTEN TO ME, JOE.

THEY'VE DONE SOMETHING TO YOU.

DON'T MOVE!

FLASH!

SHOOT HIM.

[GROANING]

DALE, SHOOT HIM!

JOE!

WHERE THE HELL...

I DON'T KNOW, YOU TELL ME. ARE YOU WITH US?

JOE... DALE, MY HEAD.

WHY DID YOU SAVE ME?

BECAUSE I KNOW THIS ISN'T YOU.

WHATEVER THEY'VE DONE TO YOU, WE CAN FIX IT.

ALL RIGHT?

WHAT THEY'VE DONE...

WHAT DID THEY DO TO ME?

WHAT HAVE I DONE?

IT'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.

I'M SORRY.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS WHEN WE GET BACK TO KENDAL.

RIGHT NOW, IS THAT THING READY?

WE NEED TO GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.

LET'S GO!

I SURE HOPE THIS THING WORKS.

COME ON, JOE, YOU CAN DO THIS.

OKAY. IT'S READY. EASY...

I GOT YOU.

THE TIMER IS SET.

[BEEP]

BUT... OH!

WHAT?

I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO WORK.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?

[GROANS]

JOE! JOE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

JOE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

MING'S NOT GOING TO WIN THIS ONE.

JOE, YOU'LL BE KILLED. GIVE ME THE KEY.

I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN DO THIS.

JOE...

GIVE ME THE KEY.

DON'T.

I CAN'T LIVE WITH THIS THING IN MY HEAD,

OR WHAT IT MIGHT MAKE ME DO.

I LOVE YOU.

JOE... NOW GO.

NO... PLEASE.

NO!

COME ON, BAYLIN. JOE, COME ON!

LIFT! JOE, DON'T DO THIS! COME BACK!

BUDDY, COME BACK! COME ON!

[STRAINING] LIFT!

[DALE]: JOE...

[FLASH]: JOE, COME ON! DALE, GO.

JOE, COME HERE, PLEASE. JOE, PLEASE.

JOE!

WE MUST GO. WE MUST GO!

DAMN IT. JOE!

WE'VE GOT TO GO.

WE'VE GOT TO GO. JOE!

COME ON.

[SPARK AND EXPLOSION]

[WATER RUMBLES]

JOE!

JOE! JOE!

WE MUST GO!

JOE!

HELP ME.

I HAVE ALLOWED MY DOUBT TO CONSUME ME,

AND I CAN NO LONGER SEE THE TRUTH.

TIMES OF TRIAL MAKE US STRONGER,

AND WE MUST EMBRACE THEM WITH GRATITUDE.

WHO BROUGHT THE WATER TO THE PLANET?

MING AND I.

TO MY SHAME.

WHO BORE IT TO THE PEOPLE?

FLASH GORDON...

SON OF LAWRENCE GORDON,

WHOM WE ONCE LOOKED TO FOR OUR FUTURE.

"THE WATER BEARER IS THE RULER REBORN."

CAN IT BE?

HE HAS PASSED THE SECOND TEST.

FLASH...

YOU SHOULDN'T BE HERE. MY FATHER--

DON'T YOU DARE TALK ABOUT YOUR FATHER.

WHAT HAPPENED?

MY FRIEND, JOE, IS DEAD BECAUSE OF YOUR FATHER.

I DIDN'T KNOW.

WHAT CAN I DO?

BRING JOE BACK?

GET WORD TO YOUR BROTHER. FIND A WAY FOR HIM TO TAKE CREDIT

FOR DELIVERING WATER TO THE CANTONS.

WHY? WHAT DID YOU DO?

WHAT HAD TO BE DONE.

THEN WHY LET TEREK TAKE THE CREDIT?

BECAUSE YOUR FATHER IS A THIEF AND A MURDERER,

AND FROM NOW ON, HE'S GOING TO PAY

FOR EVERY DROP OF BLOOD AND WATER THAT HE STEALS.

I'M SO SORRY, FLASH.

DON'T.

BE CAREFUL, AURA.

GREETINGS, DENZINS--

I AM TEREK, LEADER OF THE DEVIATES.

TODAY, I GIVE ALL PEOPLE OF MONGO A GIFT

AS A GESTURE OF FRIENDSHIP.

I HAVE FOUND FRESH WATER

AND HAVE SENT IT FREELY AND EQUALLY

TO ALL CANTONS.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

BROKE INTO YOUR FATHER'S SYSTEM

AND POSTED THIS BY YOURSELF?

I HAVE MANY INTERESTING HOBBIES.

I AM IMPRESSED.

SO AM I.

YOU ARE VERY CHARISMATIC.

LOOK HOW EFFECTIVE THAT IS.

ALL WITHOUT YOU HURTING ANYONE.

I THANK YOU,

AND FLASH GORDON.

HE WILL BE AN IMPORTANT ALLY IN THE DAYS AHEAD.

NOT NEARLY AS IMPORTANT AS I.

AND TOGETHER, WE'LL BE UNSTOPPABLE.

YOU NEED NOT FEAR US.

WE ARE YOUR FELLOW DENZINS,

YOUR WORTHY BRETHREN...

I'M SO SORRY.

GOODBYE, JOE.

AMEN.

THE MEMORY CHARM IS HOW WE HONOR OUR FALLEN.

I WOULD LIKE TO HANG THIS FOR JOE.

THIS IS ALL MY FAULT.

HE WOULD NEVER HAVE EVEN HEARD ABOUT MONGO IF IT WEREN'T FOR ME.

NO, NO, NO, THIS ISN'T YOUR FAULT.

THIS ISN'T YOUR FAULT, THIS IS MING'S,

AND HE'S GOING TO PAY FOR IT.

I'M SO SORRY.

I'M SO SORRY.

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