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(GRUNTING)
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ARI: In ancient times
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there arose in the lands between
the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
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a powerful kingdom
called Akkad.
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(MEN SHOUTING)
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(SCREAMING)
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And for generations her elite warriors
called the Black Scorpions
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held sway over
all the neighboring tribes.
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Bound by their code of honor
to fight and die to the last man
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rather than abandon
their master
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they became prized as the personal
bodyguards of princes and emperors.
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Most renowned among
the Black Scorpions was Ashur.
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But as for
his own son Mathayus
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Ashur refused to allow
the boy to compete
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for the honor of joining
the Black Scorpions.
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ASHUR: I must follow my faith and I
forbid you to go to the games tomorrow.
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You think it's
all honor and glory.
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Well it's not.
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I've done some things
that were not noble.
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I promise you
that my son.
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ARI: But like
many boys his age
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Mathayus paid no heed
to his father's warnings.
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You 24 boys are here to show your skills
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in the art of fighting.
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Only 12 of you will be
chosen to move ahead
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and train for six long years to become
the pinnacle of a warrior.
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A Black Scorpion!
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Ready!
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(ALL GRUNT)
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Advance to combat!
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(ALL YELLING)
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Show some mettle if you want
to be Scorpions.
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Mercy is weakness!
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(GRUNTING)
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Layla?
Mathayus?
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I thought your father...
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I snuck out.
You're crazy.
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I'm crazy?
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I can fight
as well as any boy.
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Oh really?
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Prove it!
Hold!
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Girls are forbidden
from the games.
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(EXCLAIMING)
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Leave her alone!
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Little vermin!
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Get him!
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Get him back here!
Where do you think you're going?
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You dare dishonor
the games by interfering?
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Lay a hand on him
and you won't live to regret it.
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Arm yourself.
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I'm not in the mood
for killing today.
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(YELLING)
Father!
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Arrest them both!
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And the girl.
HAMMURABI: Wait!
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SARGON: King Hammurabi!
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They make a mockery
of the ancient games and insult me
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the commander
of your armies.
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That may be Sargon.
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But Ashur has earned himself
some forbearance.
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I am in your debt
My Lord. As always.
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And you may repay it
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by sending your boy
to the Scorpions for training.
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If he makes half the mercenary
his father was
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he'll serve the nation well.
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You will pay for this.
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I promise.
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ARI: The king's general Sargon
had always resented Ashur's fame.
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And now his hatred
knew no bounds.
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(ASHUR GRUNTING)
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(ASHUR YELLS)
Father!
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Father!
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(ASHUR GROANING)
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(INANNA SCREAMS)
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(INANNA CRYING)
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ARI: Though he had no proof
Mathayus knew in his heart
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who had done
this to his father.
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He vowed to master
the ways of the warrior.
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TRAINER: You fight
like a woman.
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ARI: Six years had passed.
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Mathayus had left Nippur a boy
and he returned a man.
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And as he would shortly learn
much had changed while he was gone.
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(SHOUTING)
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For these six years past you have seen
neither kinsman nor any friend
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but blade
shield and shaft.
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You have trained hard.
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Some have fallen
by the wayside.
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Those who
yet stand before me
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represent the pinnacle of generations
of Akkadian fighting prowess
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the Order of
the Black Scorpions.
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Go forth proudly to wherever your king
may send you.
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Fight nobly!
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Bring gold to
our nation's coffers
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and honor to
your family names!
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Oh Mom!
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Look at you.
You're a man now!
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I barely recognized you.
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NOAH: Mathayus! Mathayus!
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Mathayus!
Noah!
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(EXCLAIMS)
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What do they
feed you rock stew?
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I see you've grown too.
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He eats Enki's portions
as well as his own.
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Where is Enki?
Why didn't he come?
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He ran away
from home last year.
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He's left to
find his fortune.
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He'll be back.
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Well well look at the proud new
Black Scorpion.
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I see you've come
to pay your respects Layla.
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I can take you on
and don't you forget it.
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(EXCLAIMS)
Does that sting?
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Only if you
dare touch it.
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OFFICIAL: All turn and hail
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Sargon your king!
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Present King Sargon!
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I heard rumors.
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You heard the truth.
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Hammurabi's death was no accident.
Sargon killed him.
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(HUSHING)
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Such talk is dangerous.
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MAN: Careful with your words.
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Our top graduate Sire.
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You look familiar.
Do I know you?
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I think not Sire.
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Ashur was his father.
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Ah.
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Your father was a skillful warrior
and a patriot.
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I trust you will
honor his memory.
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Send him to
the palace later.
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I may have a special
assignment for him.
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(MUSIC PLAYING)
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(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
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(WOMAN LAUGHING)
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(MAN GRUNTING)
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SARGON: You call
yourself a fighter?
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Get up!
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You better show me
some skills.
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Is that all you've got?
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(MAN GRUNTING)
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You're nothing.
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(YELLING)
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(BONES CRACKING)
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(GROANING)
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Don't just stand there.
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Come to me.
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There's no place for timidity now that
the scorpion rides on your shoulder.
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You're wondering
about their tattoos.
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One for each man
they've slain.
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You'd like a few of your own
wouldn't you?
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If they deserve
to die yes.
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We all deserve to die.
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The only question is in what manner
and how soon.
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As a member of
my personal bodyguard
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it'll be your job to insure that you
die long before I do.
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Your personal bodyguard?
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It's a great honor
Mathayus.
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Beyond the skill and strength
I'm told you possess
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the first requirement is an absolute and
unwavering loyalty to me
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your king.
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Show him what I mean.
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Hail Sargon!
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Are you capable
of such loyalty Mathayus?
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I...
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Yes
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Sire.
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Good.
Then riches and glory will be yours.
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But Mathayus
betray me even once
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and you will pray to the gods
for a quick death.
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We'll talk again
in the morning.
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GUARD: Pick one for the night.
Or two or three.
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Don't wear yourself out.
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CONCUBINE: Or three.
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(CONCUBINE LAUGHING)
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(GULPS)
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I hear you're
quite the swordsman.
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I'm not quite polished yet Sire but
I'm a quick learner I hope.
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I like you Mathayus.
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Bring in the prisoner.
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He was overheard
slandering my name.
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And the punishment is death.
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Wait. But this is my...
I know.
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You do the deed yourself
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you prove your loyalty to me
beyond a shadow of a doubt.
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I'll permit you
to make it quick.
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Mathayus! I'm sorry.
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Is this true?
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Did you slander the king?
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Mathayus! Please!
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Answer me!
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Are the charges true?
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Yes.
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Then you deserve
what's coming to you.
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You've not only betrayed your king
but your family as well.
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And you've disgraced
our father's name.
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Whatever you do
don't flinch.
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Run Noah!
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I said run!
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No!
Go.
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We stand
and fight together.
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Mathayus behind you!
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You killed my father.
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This is for him.
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(YELLS)
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Your father was a traitor.
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As are his sons.
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Turnabout's fair play.
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(EXCLAIMS)
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Let's go!
Out the window.
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(GROANS)
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SARGON: Kill them!
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Noah come on!
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GUARD: Come back! Stop!
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(URGES HORSE)
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(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
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MATHAYUS: Go! Go!
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(URGES HORSE)
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Hold on!
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Noah what's wrong?
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Just hold on.
We're almost safe.
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Noah.
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What's wrong?
What's wrong?
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Noah!
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Noah!
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Hang on! Hang on!
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Noah!
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Noah!
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(GROANS)
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Noah.
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(SCREAMS)
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ARI: Now with his brother's blood
on his hands
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vengeance had branded itself
in Mathayus' heart.
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(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
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Shall we kill him now
or bring him back alive?
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Neither. I have special plans
for this one.
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(GROANS)
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You idiot! Now I'm gonna stink of fish
for the next week.
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What are you doing here?
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(EXCLAIMS IN DISGUST)
And I hate mackerel.
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Next time
I'll use tuna.
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Layla why are you
following me around?
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First of all
I am not following you around.
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I'm escaping too.
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My parents pledged my hand to that fat
sheep merchant Muktil.
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We're due to be
married in a week.
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(CHUCKLES) Congratulations.
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You think it's funny.
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Well I don't know who smells worse
him or his sheep.
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Mathayus I just want
a life of adventure.
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And battle.
Like a man.
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There's one small problem.
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You're not a man.
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Thanks for noticing.
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Hey!
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I heard you tried
to kill Sargon.
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Hey listen.
I will kill that bastard some day.
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Everyone knows he makes sacrifices
to the dark gods
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and they've given him
black magical powers.
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You're gonna need
all the help you can get.
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Layla that's nice but a girl would
only get in the way.
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I'm not just a girl.
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Look we're not kids anymore
playing games.
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I see your Black Scorpion training
also included lessons
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on how to become
an arrogant jerk.
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Congratulations on passing
with flying colors.
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00:26:28,050 --> 00:26:31,040
Go home Layla.
Make the sheep merchant's life miserable.
265
00:26:31,120 --> 00:26:34,420
Fine! If that's how you want it.
You're on your own.
266
00:26:34,790 --> 00:26:36,190
Fine.
Fine.
267
00:26:44,940 --> 00:26:46,870
Ticket to Egypt please.
Ten pieces.
268
00:26:46,940 --> 00:26:48,300
Ticket to Egypt for one.
269
00:26:48,370 --> 00:26:49,810
Ten pieces.
270
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:52,310
Ten? That's pretty steep.
271
00:26:52,380 --> 00:26:54,210
Plus one for insurance.
272
00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,410
And I highly recommend it
because there are pirates
273
00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:59,040
hostile natives
and hurricanes.
274
00:27:00,050 --> 00:27:01,710
Just the ticket.
275
00:27:05,260 --> 00:27:07,590
Piracy has already
started if you ask me.
276
00:27:07,660 --> 00:27:09,150
Egypt. For one.
277
00:27:09,230 --> 00:27:10,420
Ten pieces.
278
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:15,860
Pardon me.
Excuse me.
279
00:27:15,940 --> 00:27:17,060
Don't push in!
280
00:27:17,140 --> 00:27:18,300
What are you
talking about?
281
00:27:18,370 --> 00:27:20,200
I left the line for 10 seconds
to relieve my bladder.
282
00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:21,830
Liar. Greek.
283
00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:26,440
Madam I would caution you
never to mix those two words together.
284
00:27:27,580 --> 00:27:28,840
Cretin.
285
00:27:30,290 --> 00:27:32,650
To the land of the pharaohs
my good man.
286
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:34,160
Ten pieces.
287
00:27:38,230 --> 00:27:39,520
Ticket.
288
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:57,510
You are following me.
289
00:27:57,810 --> 00:27:59,040
Admit it.
290
00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:01,420
You know this may come
as a shock to you
291
00:28:01,490 --> 00:28:04,920
but not everything
in the world happens because of you.
292
00:28:04,990 --> 00:28:06,580
Then why are you
going to Egypt?
293
00:28:06,660 --> 00:28:07,990
Because...
294
00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:12,550
Everyone should go and see the pyramids
once in their lives.
295
00:28:13,070 --> 00:28:15,300
Why are you going to Egypt?
296
00:28:15,930 --> 00:28:17,130
Personal matters
297
00:28:17,540 --> 00:28:19,600
which don't concern you.
298
00:28:19,940 --> 00:28:23,930
Don't play coy with me.
You know I'll get it out of you anyway.
299
00:28:27,250 --> 00:28:28,240
All right.
300
00:28:28,310 --> 00:28:31,680
My father once fought for the pharaoh's
private guard and saved his life.
301
00:28:31,750 --> 00:28:34,280
So I'm going to ask if in return
he'll let me borrow
302
00:28:34,350 --> 00:28:37,350
the Spear of Osiris
to help me defeat Sargon.
303
00:28:38,190 --> 00:28:40,250
The Pharaoh of Egypt
304
00:28:41,430 --> 00:28:44,230
is going to lend one of the most
fabled weapons in history
305
00:28:44,300 --> 00:28:47,360
to a 19-year-old kid
he's never even heard of?
306
00:28:47,900 --> 00:28:49,230
I don't remember
asking your opinion.
307
00:28:49,300 --> 00:28:50,930
Actually
308
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:54,370
I'm afraid she's right.
It wouldn't work.
309
00:28:55,210 --> 00:28:58,010
But mainly for the simple reason
that the Spear of Osiris
310
00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:00,980
is only effective
against Egyptian monsters.
311
00:29:01,050 --> 00:29:04,580
Such as the winged scarab
sphinxes and cursed mummies.
312
00:29:05,850 --> 00:29:07,850
And you know this how?
313
00:29:08,390 --> 00:29:10,950
Let's just say
I'm well connected.
314
00:29:11,030 --> 00:29:13,360
Really? And who
are you exactly?
315
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:16,790
Aristophanes of Naxos.
316
00:29:16,870 --> 00:29:20,500
Not to be confused with the Aristophanes
from Corinth. That hack.
317
00:29:20,570 --> 00:29:23,560
I speak 20 languages fluently
and another 20 passably.
318
00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:25,510
So if you need
any translation services...
319
00:29:25,580 --> 00:29:28,740
Yes yes. How did you learn
about the Spear of Osiris?
320
00:29:28,810 --> 00:29:32,210
I am a poet and playwright by trade
and sometimes a musician.
321
00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:35,980
And was most recently
court poet to the king of Elam.
322
00:29:37,220 --> 00:29:41,120
Petty despot. May he rot in the
underworld for his lack of esthetic taste.
323
00:29:41,190 --> 00:29:44,390
And learned of it from one of
his high priests.
324
00:29:44,460 --> 00:29:47,400
But you are thinking
along the right path.
325
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:51,200
To defeat a man like Sargon
well-versed in the black arts
326
00:29:51,270 --> 00:29:54,100
one would require
a potent weapon indeed.
327
00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:56,770
Like?
328
00:29:57,380 --> 00:29:58,780
Let's see.
329
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,010
There's the Hammer of Zeus.
No too unwieldy.
330
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,740
The Shield of Cronos.
That's completely discredited.
331
00:30:04,820 --> 00:30:06,150
The Cloak of...
332
00:30:06,220 --> 00:30:10,750
I've got it!
The Sword of Damocles!
333
00:30:11,860 --> 00:30:13,090
The what?
334
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:15,090
Damocles. You know.
335
00:30:17,230 --> 00:30:18,720
The one condemned to die
a thousand deaths
336
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:22,630
by the very hand of the sword that he used
to kill King Philpman.
337
00:30:24,140 --> 00:30:25,570
(GROANS)
338
00:30:25,710 --> 00:30:28,540
What do they teach you
in Akkadian schools these days?
339
00:30:28,610 --> 00:30:31,040
Not to touch
other men's swords.
340
00:30:31,550 --> 00:30:33,610
Well in any case
341
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:36,670
according to Book Five of
Herodotus' Histories
342
00:30:36,750 --> 00:30:40,650
Damocles' infamous sword was transformed
by a lightning bolt from Zeus
343
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:44,750
into a wondrous weapon whose blade
could cut through anything.
344
00:30:44,830 --> 00:30:46,850
Mortal or immortal.
345
00:30:46,930 --> 00:30:50,460
And presented as a gift
to the Queen of the Underworld.
346
00:30:50,530 --> 00:30:53,330
You're saying this sword
can cut through anything?
347
00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:54,840
Oh please.
348
00:30:55,540 --> 00:30:56,870
Anything.
349
00:30:58,110 --> 00:31:00,470
And you know
where this sword is?
350
00:31:00,540 --> 00:31:03,140
This has to be the most harebrained
scheme I've heard yet today
351
00:31:03,210 --> 00:31:05,340
and that is saying plenty.
352
00:31:05,420 --> 00:31:07,780
Oh and you
have a better idea.
353
00:31:10,060 --> 00:31:11,850
Okay. I've decided.
354
00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:15,490
We're gonna continue
on our journey to Knossos.
355
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,650
And you're gonna lead me
to the Sword of Damocles.
356
00:31:18,730 --> 00:31:22,360
My friend such a journey would be
fraught with perils.
357
00:31:22,430 --> 00:31:25,460
The Underworld is a grim and
dangerous place of condemned souls
358
00:31:25,540 --> 00:31:26,530
suffering unspeakable...
359
00:31:26,610 --> 00:31:28,600
How much do you want?
360
00:31:28,670 --> 00:31:31,800
Exclusive rights to compose
an epic ode of your quest
361
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:33,900
and one hundred silver staters
for expenses.
362
00:31:33,980 --> 00:31:35,040
Wait. A hundred?
363
00:31:35,110 --> 00:31:37,780
For risking my life
it's a pittance.
364
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:44,950
A lady doesn't part
with her dowry that easily.
365
00:31:45,490 --> 00:31:46,480
Here we go.
366
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:48,260
First of all
I'm coming along.
367
00:31:48,330 --> 00:31:49,420
Wait. Forget it.
368
00:31:49,500 --> 00:31:53,130
Second you will treat me with respect
and as your equal.
369
00:31:53,570 --> 00:31:55,500
If not your superior.
370
00:32:03,310 --> 00:32:07,870
LAYLA: Thirty-fifth you will launder my
undergarments daily in fresh rosewater.
371
00:32:09,150 --> 00:32:13,750
Forty-seventh you will bathe and
rub my feet with olive oil once a day.
372
00:32:13,820 --> 00:32:15,380
Don't push it.
373
00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:18,620
Hey Greek.
374
00:32:18,700 --> 00:32:19,960
Call me Ari my sweet.
375
00:32:20,030 --> 00:32:22,160
In case you get any funny ideas
about losing us
376
00:32:22,230 --> 00:32:24,360
or making off with my money
just remember this.
377
00:32:24,430 --> 00:32:27,340
Akkadian women are just as handy with
a dagger as Akkadian men.
378
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:30,640
I'm sure that's not the only thing
you're handy at fair maiden
379
00:32:30,710 --> 00:32:33,910
whose beauty makes even
goddesses blush with envy.
380
00:32:33,980 --> 00:32:36,670
Hey save your flowery words
for your scribblings.
381
00:32:36,750 --> 00:32:38,370
Focus on the task at hand
382
00:32:38,450 --> 00:32:41,080
which is getting
us into that.
383
00:32:43,490 --> 00:32:44,780
Alive.
384
00:32:48,190 --> 00:32:49,560
Of course.
385
00:33:16,420 --> 00:33:18,950
(WHISPERING) Perhaps Layla here might use
her feminine wiles
386
00:33:19,030 --> 00:33:22,220
to distract the guards
whilst we slip past them.
387
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:30,240
This I have to see.
388
00:33:30,310 --> 00:33:32,500
Hi boys.
Nice night isn't it?
389
00:33:32,570 --> 00:33:34,200
GUARD: Concubines around back.
390
00:33:38,410 --> 00:33:40,210
Nice.
She is quite the charmer
391
00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:41,370
isn't she?
392
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:49,250
You should see her
in a bad mood.
393
00:33:49,430 --> 00:33:50,480
Hmm.
394
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:51,720
LAYLA: Guys!
395
00:33:52,230 --> 00:33:53,960
Come on let's go.
396
00:33:59,270 --> 00:34:01,570
These keys
should get us into the palace.
397
00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:03,630
But then we need
to find the labyrinth.
398
00:34:03,710 --> 00:34:06,440
The portal to the Underworld
lies within the labyrinth.
399
00:34:06,510 --> 00:34:07,840
Get down!
400
00:34:08,750 --> 00:34:10,610
(GUARDS CHATTERING)
401
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:18,250
Let's go.
402
00:34:22,930 --> 00:34:24,950
GUARD: Intruders
in the palace!
403
00:34:25,100 --> 00:34:26,090
Stop them!
404
00:34:28,630 --> 00:34:29,620
Intruders!
405
00:34:40,510 --> 00:34:41,540
LAYLA: Hurry up.
406
00:34:41,610 --> 00:34:42,950
Come on.
Come on.
407
00:34:45,990 --> 00:34:47,510
I'm in!
408
00:34:48,090 --> 00:34:49,350
LAYLA: Come on!
409
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:51,690
Come on!
410
00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:55,030
Ow! Watch your sword.
411
00:34:55,100 --> 00:34:56,260
ARI: I think
I've found something.
412
00:34:56,330 --> 00:34:57,350
I think it's a lever.
413
00:34:57,430 --> 00:34:58,590
MATHAYUS: Hey
don't touch that.
414
00:34:58,670 --> 00:35:01,530
(ALL SCREAMING)
415
00:35:17,590 --> 00:35:18,650
Are you all right?
416
00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:19,750
Yeah.
417
00:35:21,190 --> 00:35:23,350
I'm fine too. Thank you.
418
00:35:25,060 --> 00:35:26,860
Who are you people?
419
00:35:30,570 --> 00:35:32,800
Why are you imprisoned here?
420
00:35:36,540 --> 00:35:38,130
(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
421
00:35:50,460 --> 00:35:52,820
(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
422
00:35:53,790 --> 00:35:56,260
He says they are
captives from many lands.
423
00:36:04,670 --> 00:36:07,200
All brought here
to be fed to the Minotaur.
424
00:36:07,270 --> 00:36:08,570
The what?
425
00:36:09,380 --> 00:36:12,900
What do I expect from people who write
on clay tablets?
426
00:36:17,180 --> 00:36:18,740
The Minotaur.
427
00:36:19,790 --> 00:36:22,380
A creature
half man half bull.
428
00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:27,130
A crazed monster whose appetite must
be satisfied daily with human flesh.
429
00:36:28,300 --> 00:36:31,320
King Minos believes that the Minotaur
protects the city
430
00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:32,870
and as long as it lives
431
00:36:32,930 --> 00:36:36,430
his reign will be secure
and the people will prosper.
432
00:36:37,970 --> 00:36:39,870
And you were
going to tell us when?
433
00:36:39,940 --> 00:36:41,530
(ROARING)
434
00:36:48,250 --> 00:36:50,480
At the appropriate moment.
435
00:36:50,550 --> 00:36:54,350
Speak up sooner next time.
We don't even know who this guy is.
436
00:36:56,830 --> 00:36:59,760
Who will join me
in battling this monster?
437
00:37:04,170 --> 00:37:07,900
(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
438
00:37:07,970 --> 00:37:09,870
(LAUGHING)
439
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:15,170
(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
440
00:37:21,290 --> 00:37:23,080
You'd rather
sit here in terror
441
00:37:23,150 --> 00:37:25,020
and squeeze out a few more
wretched days of life
442
00:37:25,090 --> 00:37:27,220
than die fighting honorably
for a chance at freedom?
443
00:37:27,290 --> 00:37:31,960
My friend you are wasting your breath.
Most men are slaves to their fears.
444
00:37:32,430 --> 00:37:34,330
Then it's the three of us.
445
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:35,730
(STAMMERS)
446
00:37:36,240 --> 00:37:38,600
I would just
get in the way.
447
00:37:38,670 --> 00:37:40,000
No doubt.
448
00:37:48,750 --> 00:37:50,740
MATHAYUS: At least
she came strapped.
449
00:37:50,820 --> 00:37:51,940
Nice.
450
00:38:01,900 --> 00:38:03,190
This way.
451
00:38:13,710 --> 00:38:15,270
MATHAYUS: Stay behind me.
452
00:38:16,650 --> 00:38:18,140
LAYLA: As you wish.
453
00:38:18,750 --> 00:38:21,650
I've never heard those words
from your mouth before.
454
00:38:50,050 --> 00:38:52,170
You're not scared
are you?
455
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:53,580
(SCOFFS)
456
00:38:54,290 --> 00:38:56,190
Don't be ridiculous.
457
00:38:57,920 --> 00:38:59,050
You?
458
00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:00,110
Please.
459
00:39:15,270 --> 00:39:17,500
(ROARING)
460
00:39:17,580 --> 00:39:18,570
(GASPS)
461
00:39:19,180 --> 00:39:21,170
Did you hear that?
Yeah.
462
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:22,610
(ROARING)
463
00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:23,980
(BOTH GASP)
464
00:39:24,650 --> 00:39:26,310
Which way is it?
465
00:39:28,090 --> 00:39:29,320
(RUMBLING)
466
00:39:35,100 --> 00:39:36,830
Let's go this way.
467
00:39:39,130 --> 00:39:40,290
Okay.
468
00:39:48,980 --> 00:39:50,170
(GASPS)
469
00:39:51,580 --> 00:39:54,240
That Akkadian
looked familiar to me.
470
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:56,950
Who was his father?
471
00:39:58,950 --> 00:40:01,320
A famous mercenary
named Ashur.
472
00:40:05,460 --> 00:40:07,360
I was afraid of that.
473
00:40:12,170 --> 00:40:13,330
Men.
474
00:40:15,810 --> 00:40:17,930
Illyrian honor calls.
475
00:40:27,620 --> 00:40:29,640
Yeah I was afraid of that.
476
00:41:17,710 --> 00:41:21,300
I feel like we're going in circles.
Weren't we just here?
477
00:41:25,510 --> 00:41:27,380
MATHAYUS: What
the hell is this?
478
00:41:27,450 --> 00:41:29,350
LAYLA: It smells like death.
479
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:31,380
(WHIMPERING)
480
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:55,210
(EXCLAIMING)
481
00:41:57,280 --> 00:41:58,510
What?
482
00:41:59,980 --> 00:42:01,420
(SPEAKING CANTONESE)
483
00:42:01,490 --> 00:42:02,710
What?
484
00:42:06,690 --> 00:42:08,130
Stay back.
485
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:11,720
Here.
486
00:42:12,030 --> 00:42:13,970
Where are you going?
487
00:42:14,030 --> 00:42:15,630
Now I'm scared.
488
00:42:16,540 --> 00:42:17,870
Let's go.
489
00:42:18,240 --> 00:42:19,300
Now!
490
00:42:21,010 --> 00:42:22,500
Shouldn't we
be following him?
491
00:42:22,580 --> 00:42:24,410
He's out of his mind.
492
00:42:24,740 --> 00:42:26,040
Or not.
493
00:42:28,850 --> 00:42:30,150
(SNORTING)
494
00:42:30,220 --> 00:42:32,550
(ROARING)
495
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:39,080
You've gotta be kidding me.
496
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:49,560
(SCREAMS)
497
00:42:56,210 --> 00:42:58,370
(GRUNTING)
498
00:42:59,420 --> 00:43:00,510
(EXCLAIMS)
499
00:43:08,420 --> 00:43:10,520
(SCREAMS)
500
00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:12,360
MATHAYUS: Layla!
501
00:43:12,430 --> 00:43:14,120
(ROARING)
502
00:43:18,370 --> 00:43:20,060
Ugly old slab of beef!
503
00:43:20,140 --> 00:43:21,500
Your mother was a cow!
504
00:43:31,580 --> 00:43:33,020
(YELLING)
505
00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:44,890
(FLUTE PLAYING)
506
00:44:02,550 --> 00:44:04,920
(GROANING)
507
00:44:27,410 --> 00:44:29,810
(CHANTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
508
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:36,150
MATHAYUS: Don't worry.
509
00:44:36,690 --> 00:44:38,450
It didn't go too deep.
510
00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:42,890
A little higher up and you would
have been in trouble.
511
00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:46,090
A little higher up and you might
be in trouble.
512
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:50,230
(SIGHS)
513
00:44:50,430 --> 00:44:51,990
You'll be okay.
514
00:44:52,700 --> 00:44:54,100
Wait here.
515
00:45:02,150 --> 00:45:04,550
Your silence is praise enough.
516
00:45:10,090 --> 00:45:11,580
That was you?
517
00:45:13,190 --> 00:45:16,250
Music has charms
to soothe the savage beast.
518
00:45:17,300 --> 00:45:18,990
Say that's good.
519
00:45:26,770 --> 00:45:28,740
I'm sorry for your loss
520
00:45:28,810 --> 00:45:31,040
but most grateful
for your help.
521
00:45:31,250 --> 00:45:33,710
It was a debt
I owed your father.
522
00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:39,880
We fought together in the war against
the Hittites.
523
00:45:39,950 --> 00:45:41,920
And he saved my life.
524
00:45:45,330 --> 00:45:47,420
Your debt is repaid then.
525
00:45:48,700 --> 00:45:51,030
Damn right it is.
Let's go men.
526
00:45:53,100 --> 00:45:55,760
Where we're going we could use
some brave fighters.
527
00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:59,470
There's strength in numbers
and great riches to be had.
528
00:45:59,680 --> 00:46:00,970
Where?
529
00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:03,010
Tell him.
530
00:46:03,850 --> 00:46:05,400
You tell him.
531
00:46:08,420 --> 00:46:09,940
I'll tell him.
532
00:46:10,020 --> 00:46:11,210
The Underworld.
533
00:46:11,290 --> 00:46:13,090
Oh the Underworld.
534
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:17,160
There's a portal inside the center
of this labyrinth.
535
00:46:17,590 --> 00:46:19,560
Well good luck to you.
536
00:46:22,270 --> 00:46:25,390
No one has ever returned alive
from that place.
537
00:46:25,470 --> 00:46:27,100
MATHAYUS: Gilgamesh did it.
Never heard of him.
538
00:46:27,170 --> 00:46:28,430
So did Herodotus.
539
00:46:28,510 --> 00:46:29,560
So he claims.
540
00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:30,900
Do you know
what else he claims?
541
00:46:30,980 --> 00:46:32,810
When he visited the Underworld
he saw with his own eyes
542
00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:36,250
enough gold diamonds and rubies
to fill a thousand arenas.
543
00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:39,250
He was literally crunching on a fortune
with every step.
544
00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:43,850
But you veteran warriors wouldn't be
interested in such a hazardous journey
545
00:46:43,920 --> 00:46:46,720
as that taken
by an old Greek historian.
546
00:46:46,790 --> 00:46:51,460
And soon by a poet a young Akkadian lad
and a girl.
547
00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:55,590
Greeks. Greeks.
548
00:47:02,280 --> 00:47:03,900
(SPEAKING CANTONESE)
549
00:47:07,950 --> 00:47:09,070
Okay.
550
00:47:14,290 --> 00:47:15,980
(SPEAKING CANTONESE)
551
00:47:19,660 --> 00:47:21,600
Wait. Why is he coming?
552
00:47:22,460 --> 00:47:25,300
Well I thought
we could use the extra body.
553
00:47:25,370 --> 00:47:28,960
I told him the Underworld
was a shortcut back to China.
554
00:47:50,930 --> 00:47:52,160
Now what?
555
00:47:52,230 --> 00:47:54,600
ARI: The portal is
in here somewhere.
1
00:48:05799 --> 00:48:07790
Where's the door?
LAYLA: What?
556
00:48:09,130 --> 00:48:11,530
The door we just
came through!
557
00:48:17,710 --> 00:48:19,770
These must mean something.
558
00:48:20,240 --> 00:48:21,470
Look.
559
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:28,150
The entrance must
be here somewhere.
560
00:48:31,920 --> 00:48:33,820
I don't understand it.
561
00:48:39,230 --> 00:48:40,750
Here we go.
562
00:48:43,970 --> 00:48:47,270
Yes! Yes! Yes!
563
00:48:51,710 --> 00:48:53,200
What is it?
564
00:48:57,280 --> 00:48:59,480
(READING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
565
00:49:06,330 --> 00:49:07,450
(RUMBLING)
566
00:49:07,530 --> 00:49:09,790
(ALL EXCLAIMING)
567
00:49:09,930 --> 00:49:11,590
POLLUX: What's happening?
568
00:49:15,130 --> 00:49:17,600
Somebody tell me
what's going on?
569
00:49:22,080 --> 00:49:23,980
MATHAYUS: Ari
what's going on?
570
00:49:27,010 --> 00:49:28,850
ARI: Herodotus was right.
571
00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:31,180
What's happening?
572
00:49:59,650 --> 00:50:02,480
BALDO: Don't
say it again. Greek!
573
00:50:25,810 --> 00:50:27,870
Step out into your faith.
574
00:50:28,250 --> 00:50:33,340
ASHUR: Mathayus my son
always follow in your faith.
575
00:50:41,330 --> 00:50:45,060
Faith my son.
That is your guide.
576
00:50:59,050 --> 00:51:00,910
(CHUCKLES)
577
00:51:01,580 --> 00:51:03,210
(LAYLA CHUCKLES)
578
00:51:13,930 --> 00:51:16,230
(SCREAMING)
579
00:51:16,770 --> 00:51:18,100
(GROANS)
580
00:51:22,740 --> 00:51:24,600
Amazing what faith can do.
581
00:51:24,670 --> 00:51:26,640
POLLUX: Nice one Akkadian!
582
00:51:26,710 --> 00:51:28,140
How did you know?
583
00:51:29,750 --> 00:51:31,180
I didn't.
584
00:51:41,930 --> 00:51:44,590
Seems like nothing is
what it appears to be.
585
00:51:49,400 --> 00:51:50,930
What's that?
586
00:51:51,800 --> 00:51:53,200
Oh yes.
587
00:51:53,270 --> 00:51:55,970
Herodotus says a living person can only
remain in the Underworld
588
00:51:56,040 --> 00:51:59,530
for one hour before his or her life force
drains away
589
00:51:59,610 --> 00:52:01,240
and he or she
590
00:52:02,080 --> 00:52:03,810
turns to stone.
591
00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:07,310
Well let's get moving.
592
00:52:07,390 --> 00:52:08,750
(GROANS)
593
00:52:08,820 --> 00:52:10,220
You okay?
Mmm-hmm.
594
00:52:13,330 --> 00:52:14,550
(SPEAKING CANTONESE)
595
00:52:14,630 --> 00:52:15,620
Yeah.
596
00:52:18,600 --> 00:52:20,830
Nice place to visit but...
597
00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:24,430
We're all gonna die here.
598
00:52:40,590 --> 00:52:42,080
Impressive young one.
599
00:52:42,460 --> 00:52:44,690
Now let's see
if he can get back alive.
600
00:52:49,470 --> 00:52:50,760
Wait.
601
00:52:56,640 --> 00:52:58,570
MATHAYUS: What's
happening Ari?
602
00:52:59,310 --> 00:53:00,710
ARI: Bad omen.
603
00:53:02,150 --> 00:53:03,480
Let's go.
604
00:53:03,810 --> 00:53:06,180
(ALL EXCLAIMING)
605
00:53:29,370 --> 00:53:32,000
This keeps getting
better and better.
606
00:53:35,580 --> 00:53:38,680
What fresh hell is this?
607
00:53:40,650 --> 00:53:42,520
ARI: We should get moving.
608
00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:47,650
What in the name
of the gods was that?
609
00:53:48,260 --> 00:53:49,920
Did you hear it?
610
00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:52,020
MAN 1: You can't go back now.
611
00:53:52,100 --> 00:53:53,930
MAN 2: I can
go guard the obelisk.
612
00:53:54,470 --> 00:53:55,590
Ah...
613
00:53:56,640 --> 00:53:57,900
One thing.
614
00:54:03,480 --> 00:54:05,070
(ALL COUGHING)
615
00:54:05,750 --> 00:54:09,340
Herodotus disguised himself
as a dead person like this.
616
00:54:11,050 --> 00:54:13,780
As the Underworld
is forbidden to the living
617
00:54:13,860 --> 00:54:15,320
I suggest
you do the same.
618
00:54:15,390 --> 00:54:17,380
And if we're discovered?
619
00:54:17,960 --> 00:54:20,160
Then we will be
dead people.
620
00:54:30,210 --> 00:54:32,770
BALDO: What are we doing?
Dusty Greeks.
621
00:54:36,780 --> 00:54:38,480
He must be stupid.
622
00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:41,110
How do I look?
623
00:54:42,190 --> 00:54:44,280
I think death becomes you.
624
00:54:48,190 --> 00:54:49,420
(SIGHS)
625
00:54:49,930 --> 00:54:52,020
MAN: Tell me
if you see any jewels.
626
00:54:56,200 --> 00:55:00,070
Gold. Some silver.
627
00:55:01,410 --> 00:55:02,400
Anything.
628
00:55:09,080 --> 00:55:10,480
(WHIMPERING)
629
00:55:24,060 --> 00:55:28,690
So it's vengeance for your father
you're after eh?
630
00:55:30,800 --> 00:55:33,770
Good. Blood
should repay blood.
631
00:55:39,180 --> 00:55:40,840
You knew him well?
632
00:55:40,980 --> 00:55:43,820
We fought many a battle
shield by shield.
633
00:55:45,220 --> 00:55:47,280
Burned and sacked cities.
634
00:55:48,090 --> 00:55:52,320
Left the streets running red.
Aye. That was a swordsman.
635
00:55:56,570 --> 00:55:58,260
(LOW MOANING)
636
00:55:59,370 --> 00:56:02,030
POLLUX: What was that?
BALDO: I heard something.
637
00:56:10,580 --> 00:56:13,110
POLLUX: I think I just
stepped in someone.
638
00:56:14,020 --> 00:56:17,510
Buggers must have journeyed
here and run out of time.
639
00:56:19,760 --> 00:56:21,160
POLLUX: Arm yourselves.
640
00:56:21,220 --> 00:56:25,180
With all due respect I don't think we
should be stealing from the dead yet.
641
00:56:26,800 --> 00:56:28,790
(EXCLAIMING)
642
00:56:34,770 --> 00:56:37,830
Maybe it wasn't such
a bad idea after all eh?
643
00:56:39,210 --> 00:56:40,340
Nice.
644
00:56:49,090 --> 00:56:51,150
(ALL MOANING)
645
00:57:30,170 --> 00:57:31,430
MATHAYUS: Father?
646
00:57:32,240 --> 00:57:33,330
(GRUNTS)
647
00:57:33,400 --> 00:57:34,770
(PANTING)
648
00:57:35,910 --> 00:57:37,340
(STAMMERING) Don't look!
649
00:57:37,670 --> 00:57:39,110
Keep moving.
650
00:57:40,610 --> 00:57:42,700
Do not make eye contact.
651
00:57:44,750 --> 00:57:46,980
Don't look them
in the eyes.
652
00:57:49,490 --> 00:57:51,980
(SPEAKING EXCITEDLY
IN CANTONESE)
653
00:57:52,390 --> 00:57:53,450
What's he going on about?
654
00:57:53,520 --> 00:57:56,360
He seems dissatisfied
with the shortcut.
655
00:57:57,160 --> 00:57:59,290
(SPEAKING CANTONESE)
656
00:58:02,470 --> 00:58:04,130
(MUFFLED SCREAM)
657
00:58:07,170 --> 00:58:09,270
I'll take care
of the loudmouth.
658
00:58:09,370 --> 00:58:10,900
No you won't!
659
00:58:13,750 --> 00:58:16,210
Save your blade
for chopping onions.
660
00:58:16,920 --> 00:58:20,180
Hey! Save your tongue
for licking my boots Pollux.
661
00:58:21,290 --> 00:58:22,810
Calm down! Calm down!
662
00:58:23,860 --> 00:58:27,490
Can't you see the effect this
place is having on us all?
663
00:58:27,590 --> 00:58:28,720
(CHUCKLES)
664
00:58:28,800 --> 00:58:30,420
Later Akkadian.
665
00:58:47,780 --> 00:58:52,050
Has anybody seen a single
wretched miserable ruby yet?
666
00:58:52,650 --> 00:58:56,390
"Gold and diamonds and rubies so
your feet can crunch on them."
667
00:58:58,330 --> 00:59:01,520
The only thing my feet have
been crunching on are corpses.
668
00:59:01,600 --> 00:59:03,060
Patience my friend.
669
00:59:03,130 --> 00:59:04,860
Ari are you sure
we're going the right way?
670
00:59:04,930 --> 00:59:07,300
How close are we
to the sword?
671
00:59:08,140 --> 00:59:09,540
Hard to say.
672
00:59:10,110 --> 00:59:11,700
Say it anyway.
673
00:59:13,510 --> 00:59:16,450
Well unfortunately Herodotus
wasn't exactly explicit.
674
00:59:16,510 --> 00:59:18,140
So you don't know.
Well not exactly but...
675
00:59:18,210 --> 00:59:20,050
So you lied to us.
Oh no no no no.
676
00:59:20,120 --> 00:59:22,310
Appearances are deceiving.
677
00:59:22,390 --> 00:59:25,910
For example there's this
game that we play in Greece.
678
00:59:25,990 --> 00:59:27,080
You play by yourself.
679
00:59:27,160 --> 00:59:31,290
The game keeps changing
getting harder as you continue.
680
00:59:31,930 --> 00:59:34,920
And the longer you survive
and keep playing
681
00:59:35,000 --> 00:59:37,260
the closer
you get to winning.
682
00:59:45,180 --> 00:59:46,200
How are we doing
in the game?
683
00:59:46,280 --> 00:59:48,270
I never played it.
Right.
684
00:59:50,820 --> 00:59:52,810
(SPEAKING CANTONESE)
685
00:59:52,890 --> 00:59:54,940
It's a bit like Mahjong.
686
00:59:56,020 --> 00:59:57,350
Mahjong.
687
00:59:57,860 --> 01:00:01,390
Double-talking Greeks.
Shifty-eyed Chinese.
688
01:00:01,760 --> 01:00:06,670
Insane Akkadians. Dead
people! Damn Illyrian honor!
689
01:00:18,950 --> 01:00:21,280
This better be
worth my while.
690
01:00:23,720 --> 01:00:27,450
I can't believe
I find my fortune in hell.
691
01:00:29,660 --> 01:00:32,320
Things are
looking up the Underworld.
692
01:00:39,070 --> 01:00:40,300
PeARIs.
693
01:00:46,840 --> 01:00:48,400
(GROWLING)
694
01:00:48,710 --> 01:00:50,200
(SCREAMING)
695
01:00:56,090 --> 01:00:57,990
Where is everyone?
696
01:00:58,590 --> 01:00:59,850
Wait.
697
01:01:01,090 --> 01:01:02,960
We have to go back.
698
01:01:03,030 --> 01:01:04,720
There's no time.
699
01:01:05,160 --> 01:01:07,260
You go then.
I'll wait here.
700
01:01:07,330 --> 01:01:09,060
Okay let's move.
701
01:01:25,890 --> 01:01:28,080
Like I was saying
the game gets easier.
702
01:01:28,150 --> 01:01:29,920
Yeah I got it.
703
01:01:40,900 --> 01:01:42,960
(MAN CHATTERING)
704
01:02:06,700 --> 01:02:07,890
(LOW GROWL)
705
01:02:07,960 --> 01:02:09,190
(EXCLAIMS)
What was that?
706
01:02:09,270 --> 01:02:11,170
(INDISTINCT WHISPERING)
707
01:02:28,190 --> 01:02:29,710
(LOW GROWL)
708
01:02:59,790 --> 01:03:01,410
Who are you?
709
01:03:01,490 --> 01:03:06,520
And by what devious means have
you violated my inner sanctum?
710
01:03:12,070 --> 01:03:13,660
Her inner what?
711
01:03:14,340 --> 01:03:16,130
Let me handle this.
712
01:03:18,140 --> 01:03:19,800
My lady we are...
713
01:03:20,540 --> 01:03:24,570
Actually I'm not sure how
we got here or where we are.
714
01:03:24,650 --> 01:03:26,810
Because you see we...
715
01:03:27,050 --> 01:03:30,310
LAYLA: Are humble traders
journeying to China.
716
01:03:30,390 --> 01:03:33,120
Yes! This curious-looking
fellow's homeland
717
01:03:33,190 --> 01:03:35,350
on a silk-seeking
expedition and...
718
01:03:35,420 --> 01:03:38,220
And we must have
taken a wrong turn.
719
01:03:38,290 --> 01:03:39,590
Silence!
720
01:03:42,100 --> 01:03:43,620
On your knees.
721
01:03:47,940 --> 01:03:51,770
My friends will have
their fun with you.
722
01:03:56,750 --> 01:03:58,480
I prefer to stand.
723
01:03:59,780 --> 01:04:01,050
But thanks anyway.
724
01:04:01,120 --> 01:04:03,110
I am Astarte
725
01:04:03,190 --> 01:04:07,520
goddess of both love and war.
726
01:04:08,590 --> 01:04:11,060
You will not only kneel
727
01:04:11,900 --> 01:04:15,490
you will grovel before me
like a wretched worm.
728
01:04:15,970 --> 01:04:17,700
(GROWLING)
729
01:04:18,540 --> 01:04:21,010
There's no reason
to get agitated.
730
01:04:21,070 --> 01:04:23,740
We can handle this
like mature adults.
731
01:04:37,790 --> 01:04:39,050
Listen.
732
01:04:41,030 --> 01:04:42,720
And listen well.
733
01:04:46,870 --> 01:04:50,240
I rule this land
at my pleasure.
734
01:04:50,740 --> 01:04:55,610
And I could destroy you
with a wave of my hand.
735
01:05:00,580 --> 01:05:04,040
Or if it pleased me
736
01:05:05,520 --> 01:05:07,080
seduce you
737
01:05:08,460 --> 01:05:10,690
with a single glance
738
01:05:12,730 --> 01:05:16,670
into obeying
my every depraved
739
01:05:19,170 --> 01:05:20,430
whim.
740
01:05:25,580 --> 01:05:30,510
No please! Any woman can do as much by
cinching her bust and pouting her lips.
741
01:05:37,820 --> 01:05:40,920
Are you a man or a woman?
742
01:05:44,000 --> 01:05:48,020
I daresay you could not seduce a beggar
743
01:05:48,100 --> 01:05:51,660
if you heaped gold coins
between your thighs.
744
01:05:52,170 --> 01:05:55,140
Go up there and look for the
sword. I'll check down here.
745
01:05:55,210 --> 01:05:57,900
If you didn't have a goddess's
powers to deceive men's eyes
746
01:05:57,980 --> 01:06:00,170
they'd no doubt
run from you screaming.
747
01:06:00,250 --> 01:06:02,370
Who wants a 5000-year-old
bag of bones?
748
01:06:02,450 --> 01:06:03,780
(GROWLS SOFTLY)
749
01:06:03,850 --> 01:06:06,250
You insolent little cur.
750
01:06:07,190 --> 01:06:10,920
I don't need a goddess's
powers to tear you apart.
751
01:06:13,390 --> 01:06:15,020
(GROWLING)
752
01:06:15,100 --> 01:06:17,120
You will regret that!
753
01:06:17,930 --> 01:06:21,270
We'll see who regrets what
you old cradle snatcher.
754
01:06:21,340 --> 01:06:22,600
(GROWLS)
755
01:06:31,080 --> 01:06:32,810
(MOANING)
756
01:06:46,260 --> 01:06:48,130
I'll tear your face off.
757
01:06:48,200 --> 01:06:50,960
Good then I won't
have to look at you.
758
01:06:57,040 --> 01:06:58,700
LAYLA: Best you can do?
759
01:07:12,020 --> 01:07:14,180
(SPEAKING HASTILY
IN CANTONESE)
760
01:07:15,360 --> 01:07:17,490
(SPEAKING CANTONESE)
761
01:07:21,970 --> 01:07:23,700
Where are you?
762
01:07:28,910 --> 01:07:30,770
Come on you old cow!
763
01:07:54,100 --> 01:07:55,500
That's it!
764
01:07:55,870 --> 01:07:57,570
The Sword of Damocles.
765
01:07:57,670 --> 01:08:01,730
(SPEAKING CANTONESE)
766
01:08:24,300 --> 01:08:26,030
Slag!
Slut!
767
01:08:26,100 --> 01:08:27,800
(GROWLS)
768
01:08:32,640 --> 01:08:34,440
So you like to play.
769
01:08:36,580 --> 01:08:38,170
What are you doing?
770
01:08:38,250 --> 01:08:39,270
(EXCLAIMS)
771
01:08:39,350 --> 01:08:42,220
It's not fair.
You said no magic!
772
01:08:42,290 --> 01:08:43,750
I lied.
773
01:08:44,260 --> 01:08:45,850
(EXCLAIMING)
774
01:08:49,430 --> 01:08:51,990
Get ready for a long fall.
775
01:08:52,060 --> 01:08:53,690
Wait My Lady.
776
01:08:54,370 --> 01:08:57,300
It's not her fault
we're here. It's mine.
777
01:08:58,940 --> 01:09:01,270
My arrogance
not hers.
778
01:09:02,540 --> 01:09:07,000
I humbly beg your forgiveness
for intruding in your domain.
779
01:09:08,880 --> 01:09:12,440
For your beauty
and grace are unequaled.
780
01:09:14,390 --> 01:09:16,250
(EXCLAIMING)
781
01:09:16,590 --> 01:09:17,960
Go on.
782
01:09:20,090 --> 01:09:22,790
(BOTH EXCLAIMING)
783
01:09:23,100 --> 01:09:25,620
If you'll accept my
apologies and let us leave
784
01:09:25,700 --> 01:09:29,730
I swear on my word as an Akkadian
and we always keep our vows
785
01:09:30,140 --> 01:09:32,040
that I will build you
a magnificent temple
786
01:09:32,110 --> 01:09:34,510
in your honor
when I return home.
787
01:09:35,980 --> 01:09:39,780
I have a thousand temples
already. They bore me.
788
01:09:42,650 --> 01:09:44,240
But I must say
789
01:09:45,250 --> 01:09:49,210
you do possess a rare
degree of physical appeal.
790
01:09:49,590 --> 01:09:51,420
LAYLA: Don't listen to her!
791
01:09:52,030 --> 01:09:56,470
Perhaps if you were
to stay by my side
792
01:09:57,100 --> 01:09:58,620
as my consort
793
01:09:59,640 --> 01:10:03,230
then I might be persuaded
to let the others go.
794
01:10:04,170 --> 01:10:06,570
Except for that vermin.
795
01:10:06,640 --> 01:10:09,410
Let me down!
It's so hot up here!
796
01:10:10,010 --> 01:10:12,000
Mathayus! Mathayus!
797
01:10:12,080 --> 01:10:16,520
You would stay young as long
as I decided to keep you.
798
01:10:16,920 --> 01:10:18,980
With no duties save
799
01:10:20,160 --> 01:10:25,720
to service my varied
and copious needs.
800
01:10:26,500 --> 01:10:28,300
LAYLA: He'll never
agree to that!
801
01:10:28,370 --> 01:10:29,890
He loves me!
802
01:10:29,970 --> 01:10:33,840
Anyway what man would willingly
want to lay down with you?
803
01:10:34,340 --> 01:10:35,530
(GRUNTS ANGRILY)
804
01:10:36,010 --> 01:10:37,480
Lady Astarte
805
01:10:38,140 --> 01:10:41,110
I would be a fool
to turn down your offer.
806
01:10:42,920 --> 01:10:47,620
However I made a vow to Shamash
to avenge my father's murder.
807
01:10:48,490 --> 01:10:51,580
And I'd rather be known
as a fool than a liar.
808
01:10:52,360 --> 01:10:54,420
(LAUGHING)
809
01:10:54,900 --> 01:10:57,660
LAYLA: You don't have
the guts to face me!
810
01:11:00,670 --> 01:11:02,930
I knew your father.
811
01:11:06,240 --> 01:11:08,900
And he means
nothing compared to me.
812
01:11:10,050 --> 01:11:12,310
My father was a hero.
813
01:11:14,680 --> 01:11:17,280
Scratch any hero Mathayus
814
01:11:19,620 --> 01:11:23,820
and you will find
a monster lurking inside.
815
01:11:30,500 --> 01:11:31,930
One kiss
816
01:11:36,540 --> 01:11:38,340
and you're mine.
817
01:11:41,250 --> 01:11:42,540
Forever.
818
01:11:48,920 --> 01:11:50,750
For the love of Zeus!
819
01:12:02,800 --> 01:12:05,100
Forget it.
You're not my type.
820
01:12:05,810 --> 01:12:06,970
(SCREAMS)
821
01:12:11,340 --> 01:12:12,500
ARI: Mathayus!
822
01:12:12,580 --> 01:12:14,950
Mathayus!
Careful it's sharp.
823
01:12:16,780 --> 01:12:18,810
(GROWLING)
824
01:12:19,890 --> 01:12:22,410
Here you can keep this one.
825
01:12:22,490 --> 01:12:25,010
Mathayus
we're almost out of time!
826
01:12:28,460 --> 01:12:30,560
Run all you like Mathayus.
827
01:12:30,630 --> 01:12:34,470
I'll have you soon enough.
Just as I took your father.
828
01:12:35,270 --> 01:12:37,530
(ASTARTE LAUGHING SINISTERLY)
829
01:12:38,210 --> 01:12:39,640
(SPEAKING CANTONESE)
830
01:12:43,110 --> 01:12:45,710
ARI: Hurry
run the same way we came.
831
01:12:59,530 --> 01:13:00,550
We don't have
much time. Run!
832
01:13:00,630 --> 01:13:02,560
Aren't you
forgetting something?
833
01:13:04,600 --> 01:13:07,000
Where's that treasure
you promised?
834
01:13:07,070 --> 01:13:08,870
But it's not my fault
that Herodotus took a few...
835
01:13:08,940 --> 01:13:12,340
You sacrificed my men
you slippery-tongued worm.
836
01:13:12,410 --> 01:13:14,310
I'll skin you alive.
837
01:13:14,380 --> 01:13:15,640
Look!
838
01:13:28,530 --> 01:13:31,960
ARI: Quick! Run!
We haven't much time! Run!
839
01:13:32,830 --> 01:13:35,560
Come on!
Come on!
840
01:13:35,630 --> 01:13:37,690
Come on! Let's go!
841
01:13:38,640 --> 01:13:39,900
Come on!
842
01:13:40,310 --> 01:13:41,860
Hurry come on!
843
01:13:42,310 --> 01:13:44,370
Hurry up!
Come on!
844
01:13:49,720 --> 01:13:51,150
Yeah! Yeah!
845
01:13:55,360 --> 01:13:56,820
LAYLA: Oh my God. Pollux!
846
01:14:09,800 --> 01:14:10,900
We made it.
847
01:14:11,310 --> 01:14:13,000
(SPEAKING CANTONESE)
848
01:14:29,830 --> 01:14:31,380
(GROWLING)
849
01:14:32,800 --> 01:14:35,060
Get off me!
You disgust me!
850
01:14:38,970 --> 01:14:40,460
Lady Astarte
851
01:14:41,840 --> 01:14:44,200
you honor me
with your presence.
852
01:14:44,710 --> 01:14:47,770
It is not to honor you
that I'm here Sargon.
853
01:14:48,980 --> 01:14:52,810
A young friend of yours paid a
surprise visit to me recently.
854
01:14:54,290 --> 01:14:57,580
Apparently
he's thirsting for revenge
855
01:15:01,360 --> 01:15:02,950
against you.
856
01:15:05,700 --> 01:15:10,100
And he took something of mine
with great sentimental value.
857
01:15:13,370 --> 01:15:14,640
A sword
858
01:15:15,240 --> 01:15:19,680
which could wreak great havoc if
it's not returned to the Underworld
859
01:15:20,150 --> 01:15:21,840
where it belongs.
860
01:15:23,680 --> 01:15:25,240
I want it back.
861
01:15:25,720 --> 01:15:27,690
And you shall have it
I assure you.
862
01:15:27,760 --> 01:15:30,590
Especially
if you can increase my powers.
863
01:15:34,130 --> 01:15:36,060
You're greedy Sargon.
864
01:15:38,470 --> 01:15:40,300
I like that in a man.
865
01:15:40,370 --> 01:15:41,800
(EXCLAIMING)
866
01:15:43,000 --> 01:15:45,800
You shall have
all the powers you need.
867
01:15:45,870 --> 01:15:47,270
But first
868
01:15:47,740 --> 01:15:50,710
you must make me
the ultimate sacrifice.
869
01:16:22,910 --> 01:16:26,180
ARI: Never were any mortals more
grateful to see the sun again
870
01:16:26,250 --> 01:16:29,120
than the Akkadian
and his companions.
871
01:16:29,190 --> 01:16:32,680
Even Fong content to take
the long way home to China
872
01:16:32,760 --> 01:16:34,920
ceased his endless carping.
873
01:16:35,530 --> 01:16:38,520
And Mathayus with the
invincible sword in his grasp
874
01:16:38,600 --> 01:16:41,400
looked eagerly
to his reunion with Sargon.
875
01:16:41,470 --> 01:16:42,760
Mathayus?
876
01:16:43,340 --> 01:16:47,170
What I said back there to that
old battle ax of a goddess...
877
01:16:48,270 --> 01:16:49,570
You know
878
01:16:49,910 --> 01:16:52,340
about you being
in love with me.
879
01:16:53,250 --> 01:16:56,370
Well I only said that
to try and distract her.
880
01:16:56,850 --> 01:16:59,410
Cloud her judgment.
Stall for time.
881
01:17:00,290 --> 01:17:01,880
That's what I thought.
882
01:17:01,960 --> 01:17:03,180
Clever.
883
01:17:03,890 --> 01:17:06,220
Yeah it was clever
wasn't it?
884
01:17:11,930 --> 01:17:13,230
It was.
885
01:17:26,380 --> 01:17:29,280
Do you think what the
goddess said was true?
886
01:17:30,020 --> 01:17:33,510
Inside every hero lurks
the potential for a monster.
887
01:17:39,730 --> 01:17:41,560
(ALL CLAMORING)
888
01:17:54,380 --> 01:17:58,180
From this night forward the
goddess's protection will insure
889
01:17:58,250 --> 01:18:00,680
that Akkad will be
great forever.
890
01:18:00,750 --> 01:18:05,050
Tonight's celebration to Astarte
will be like none she has ever known.
891
01:18:05,490 --> 01:18:08,290
My kingdom and powers
will know no boundaries.
892
01:18:08,360 --> 01:18:09,850
Hail Sargon.
Hail Sargon.
893
01:18:12,870 --> 01:18:14,800
(FONG SPEAKING CANTONESE)
894
01:18:20,840 --> 01:18:24,440
Fong says he's enjoyed our company
but he'll be heading back to China now
895
01:18:24,510 --> 01:18:28,170
to return to the simple life of
being an acrobat for the emperor.
896
01:18:28,250 --> 01:18:29,840
That's too bad.
897
01:18:30,780 --> 01:18:32,680
We could use
another good man.
898
01:18:32,790 --> 01:18:34,690
(SPEAKING CANTONESE)
899
01:19:04,350 --> 01:19:06,750
Psst. Come here!
Come here!
900
01:19:08,630 --> 01:19:09,960
Where's everyone going?
901
01:19:10,030 --> 01:19:12,620
The king has told us
to go to the arena.
902
01:19:12,700 --> 01:19:15,530
Everybody. Keep moving you little rats!
903
01:19:24,580 --> 01:19:26,240
Something's not right.
904
01:19:26,310 --> 01:19:29,140
You better go to the arena
while I go after Sargon.
905
01:19:29,210 --> 01:19:30,680
I'll come with you.
906
01:19:30,750 --> 01:19:33,010
I've never been a big fan
of command performances
907
01:19:33,080 --> 01:19:35,520
and I suspect you'll
need the moral support.
908
01:19:35,590 --> 01:19:37,420
(SPEAKING CANTONESE)
909
01:19:45,260 --> 01:19:48,700
Don't get yourself killed.
Not even a good death.
910
01:19:49,970 --> 01:19:51,270
Nor you.
911
01:19:58,480 --> 01:19:59,470
Come on.
912
01:20:04,720 --> 01:20:07,690
Shouldn't we discreetly
climb a wall or dig a tunnel.
913
01:20:07,750 --> 01:20:08,740
No time.
914
01:20:08,820 --> 01:20:10,380
Halt!
State your business!
915
01:20:10,960 --> 01:20:13,480
I'm here for
Sargon's black blood.
916
01:20:14,130 --> 01:20:16,720
Stand aside and I won't
have to spill yours.
917
01:20:16,800 --> 01:20:18,320
Trust me you really
don't want to do this.
918
01:20:18,400 --> 01:20:19,920
(YELLS)
919
01:20:21,370 --> 01:20:23,530
Impossible!
What sorcery is this?
920
01:20:23,610 --> 01:20:27,040
My quarrel is not with you
but with that demon Sargon.
921
01:20:27,110 --> 01:20:29,410
Let them pass.
Step aside.
922
01:20:29,910 --> 01:20:31,170
Gods be with you.
923
01:20:31,250 --> 01:20:32,540
I'm with him.
924
01:20:33,250 --> 01:20:34,610
I've never seen
such a weapon.
925
01:20:43,460 --> 01:20:45,050
GUARD: Sit down now.
926
01:20:51,600 --> 01:20:53,400
MAN: Goddess Astarte.
927
01:20:54,840 --> 01:20:56,140
GUARD: Hurry up!
928
01:21:06,120 --> 01:21:07,810
(SPEAKING CANTONESE)
929
01:21:08,920 --> 01:21:10,220
Come on!
930
01:21:10,390 --> 01:21:11,880
GUARD: Anywhere. Just go.
931
01:21:37,850 --> 01:21:39,220
Wait here.
932
01:21:41,390 --> 01:21:43,050
This is personal.
933
01:22:26,400 --> 01:22:27,670
Where are you two going?
934
01:22:27,740 --> 01:22:31,470
There's no seats this way.
Who's the shifty-eyed stranger?
935
01:22:31,740 --> 01:22:34,370
(SPEAKING CANTONESE)
936
01:22:34,950 --> 01:22:39,280
He's the entertainment
for the crowd.
937
01:22:39,350 --> 01:22:41,840
To keep them
from becoming unruly.
938
01:23:03,240 --> 01:23:07,040
King Sargon salutes you
citizens of Nippur.
939
01:23:07,610 --> 01:23:12,350
Your great gift
insures the glory
940
01:23:12,420 --> 01:23:14,790
and prosperity of Akkad...
941
01:23:14,860 --> 01:23:15,840
Great gift?
942
01:23:15,920 --> 01:23:18,860
...and the blessing
of the goddess Astarte.
943
01:23:19,530 --> 01:23:21,590
I've got a bad
feeling about this.
944
01:23:21,660 --> 01:23:25,060
And rejoice
in your new spirit.
945
01:23:25,570 --> 01:23:27,690
(SCATTERED APPLAUSE)
946
01:23:37,750 --> 01:23:38,870
Now.
947
01:23:47,990 --> 01:23:49,790
(CROWD EXCLAIMING)
948
01:23:54,830 --> 01:23:57,100
(CROWD MURMURING)
949
01:24:18,860 --> 01:24:20,590
What's going on?
950
01:24:38,610 --> 01:24:40,310
(SPEAKING CANTONESE)
951
01:24:41,950 --> 01:24:43,070
Hmm?
952
01:24:55,060 --> 01:24:57,190
MAN 1: Get away
from the walls.
953
01:25:01,400 --> 01:25:03,340
MAN 2: Move! Open the gate.
954
01:25:06,840 --> 01:25:08,310
MAN 3: Move out!
955
01:25:10,010 --> 01:25:11,380
ASHUR: Mathayus.
956
01:25:21,690 --> 01:25:23,020
Mathayus.
957
01:25:25,300 --> 01:25:26,560
Father?
958
01:25:27,900 --> 01:25:29,560
How can this be?
959
01:25:32,740 --> 01:25:34,500
What magic is this?
960
01:25:34,570 --> 01:25:37,840
No my son it is not
the magic that you think.
961
01:25:40,310 --> 01:25:44,110
It is the wondrous power
and the miracle of the sword
962
01:25:44,180 --> 01:25:47,380
that you hold that has
allowed us to meet again.
963
01:25:48,550 --> 01:25:50,180
But I saw you.
964
01:25:50,620 --> 01:25:52,560
I saw you in the Underworld.
965
01:25:52,630 --> 01:25:54,790
A place you do not belong.
966
01:25:56,360 --> 01:25:58,690
Prove to me
this is really you.
967
01:26:02,000 --> 01:26:03,330
Remember
968
01:26:03,740 --> 01:26:06,000
when you were
a very young boy
969
01:26:06,610 --> 01:26:09,270
and sometimes
when you were frightened
970
01:26:09,640 --> 01:26:13,840
I would put my arms around you
and whisper something in your ear
971
01:26:14,350 --> 01:26:17,280
that only you and I
would ever know?
972
01:26:22,790 --> 01:26:25,450
(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
973
01:26:31,770 --> 01:26:33,130
Remember?
974
01:26:36,540 --> 01:26:37,840
Father?
975
01:26:38,870 --> 01:26:40,430
You were a hero.
976
01:26:42,010 --> 01:26:43,810
Why were you there?
977
01:26:44,250 --> 01:26:46,580
We cannot escape our fate.
978
01:26:48,450 --> 01:26:50,350
Scratch any hero
979
01:26:52,460 --> 01:26:54,580
and a monster lurks beneath.
980
01:27:01,570 --> 01:27:03,120
(GROANING)
981
01:27:06,670 --> 01:27:09,800
Feeling smaller
without your special sword?
982
01:27:16,420 --> 01:27:20,080
You're not the one to talk
hiding behind your trickery.
983
01:27:20,790 --> 01:27:22,650
Father always said
you were a coward.
984
01:27:31,230 --> 01:27:32,490
(GROANS)
985
01:27:39,270 --> 01:27:40,530
(YELLS)
986
01:27:40,610 --> 01:27:42,010
(GROANS)
987
01:27:43,580 --> 01:27:45,240
(CROWD CLAMORING)
988
01:27:52,450 --> 01:27:53,440
Shoot that one!
989
01:28:02,130 --> 01:28:03,500
(SPEAKING CANTONESE)
990
01:28:08,500 --> 01:28:10,970
WOMAN: They're gonna
set us on fire!
991
01:28:11,940 --> 01:28:13,200
(SPEAKING CANTONESE)
992
01:28:13,280 --> 01:28:14,260
What?
993
01:28:14,340 --> 01:28:15,740
(SPEAKING CANTONESE)
994
01:28:16,810 --> 01:28:18,910
Okay! Let's split up!
995
01:28:19,580 --> 01:28:20,710
Okay.
996
01:28:21,620 --> 01:28:24,050
We can't let
the arrows hit the oil.
997
01:28:26,260 --> 01:28:29,450
You come to avenge your
father the great hero?
998
01:28:30,030 --> 01:28:33,120
I fight for more
than vengeance now Sargon.
999
01:28:33,200 --> 01:28:36,220
I fight for what
my father once believed in.
1000
01:28:36,800 --> 01:28:39,330
And I fight for what
you've corrupted.
1001
01:28:39,400 --> 01:28:41,400
Mark that down scribe.
1002
01:28:41,770 --> 01:28:44,000
Sounds like a good epitaph.
1003
01:29:16,940 --> 01:29:18,940
Ari throw me the sword.
1004
01:29:20,980 --> 01:29:22,680
The sword Greek.
1005
01:29:24,820 --> 01:29:26,050
MATHAYUS: Ari.
1006
01:29:28,260 --> 01:29:29,780
Jewels first.
1007
01:29:40,770 --> 01:29:42,600
Careful. It's sharp.
1008
01:29:53,420 --> 01:29:55,080
SARGON: That's right
you fool.
1009
01:29:55,150 --> 01:29:59,280
I planned every detail of your little
heroic journey into the Underworld.
1010
01:30:01,060 --> 01:30:03,530
This sword makes
my power supreme.
1011
01:30:06,160 --> 01:30:08,560
You can never
trust a Greek eh?
1012
01:30:09,900 --> 01:30:11,560
Nothing personal Mathayus.
1013
01:30:11,640 --> 01:30:14,500
But a fortune in jewels
and a good tale to tell...
1014
01:30:14,570 --> 01:30:16,870
What writer could resist that?
1015
01:30:19,540 --> 01:30:23,570
Write well of my exploits
scribe. Or I'll come for your head.
1016
01:30:30,990 --> 01:30:33,120
The king who became a god.
1017
01:31:09,030 --> 01:31:10,690
(BOTH YELLING)
1018
01:31:12,940 --> 01:31:14,100
What?
1019
01:31:14,770 --> 01:31:16,100
Mathayus!
1020
01:31:18,340 --> 01:31:20,000
Never trust a Greek!
1021
01:31:20,080 --> 01:31:22,940
And I'm a poet not a scribe you jackass.
1022
01:31:36,190 --> 01:31:40,860
Now Mathayus as a Black Scorpion
you owe your allegiance to your king.
1023
01:31:41,330 --> 01:31:43,270
You took a sacred oath.
1024
01:31:58,220 --> 01:32:01,650
(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
1025
01:32:12,930 --> 01:32:14,920
And the darkness grows.
1026
01:32:46,900 --> 01:32:48,270
(GASPS)
1027
01:33:14,070 --> 01:33:16,190
LAYLA: Fong! Stop the arrow!
1028
01:33:26,480 --> 01:33:27,670
(GASPS)
1029
01:33:30,780 --> 01:33:32,180
(CRUNCHING)
1030
01:33:36,020 --> 01:33:37,650
(CREATURE SCREECHING)
1031
01:33:37,720 --> 01:33:39,950
(YELLING)
1032
01:33:45,200 --> 01:33:48,130
(SCREECHING)
1033
01:34:01,920 --> 01:34:03,140
(HISSING)
1034
01:34:04,090 --> 01:34:05,450
(EXCLAIMS)
1035
01:34:08,620 --> 01:34:09,990
(GRUNTS)
1036
01:34:40,920 --> 01:34:42,050
(EXCLAIMS)
1037
01:34:47,870 --> 01:34:49,920
(GRUNTING)
1038
01:35:17,230 --> 01:35:18,460
(GROANS)
1039
01:35:50,000 --> 01:35:51,090
(GROANS)
1040
01:35:51,170 --> 01:35:53,930
(INDISTINCT WHISPERING)
1041
01:36:00,240 --> 01:36:01,640
Get them off the wall!
1042
01:36:07,550 --> 01:36:09,280
(SPEAKING CANTONESE)
1043
01:36:11,620 --> 01:36:13,680
GUARD: Release those arrows!
1044
01:36:14,290 --> 01:36:15,520
Fire!
1045
01:36:29,110 --> 01:36:32,840
Fong! We have to stop the
flames from reaching the walls.
1046
01:36:43,620 --> 01:36:45,850
LAYLA: Fong come on!
1047
01:36:46,190 --> 01:36:47,820
MAN: Stop the flames!
1048
01:36:47,890 --> 01:36:49,490
Put out the flames!
1049
01:36:49,560 --> 01:36:51,120
Use the sand!
1050
01:36:56,940 --> 01:36:59,530
(INDISTINCT WHISPERING
CONTINUES)
1051
01:37:14,290 --> 01:37:15,280
(EXCLAIMS)
1052
01:37:31,370 --> 01:37:34,340
MAN: Stop the flames
from reaching the walls!
1053
01:37:37,610 --> 01:37:38,740
Hurry Fong!
1054
01:37:38,820 --> 01:37:41,410
Don't let the flames
reach the walls!
1055
01:37:47,590 --> 01:37:49,580
(SCORPION SCREECHING)
1056
01:37:52,900 --> 01:37:55,420
(CLATTERING)
1057
01:38:25,370 --> 01:38:26,730
(SPEAKING CANTONESE)
1058
01:38:29,470 --> 01:38:32,870
Fong hurry get the wall!
We got to put it out!
1059
01:38:39,950 --> 01:38:41,810
(SPEAKING CANTONESE)
1060
01:38:43,120 --> 01:38:44,240
(LAUGHS) What?
1061
01:38:48,520 --> 01:38:49,510
(EXCLAIMS)
1062
01:38:55,830 --> 01:38:56,990
(GRUNTING)
1063
01:38:58,000 --> 01:38:59,400
(SCREECHES)
1064
01:39:13,820 --> 01:39:15,750
This is for my father.
1065
01:39:15,820 --> 01:39:17,380
(SHRIEKING)
1066
01:39:37,710 --> 01:39:39,340
MAN: Layla you saved us!
1067
01:40:18,990 --> 01:40:20,350
(GROWLING)
1068
01:40:38,740 --> 01:40:44,040
And so Mathayus why
should I show you any mercy?
1069
01:40:46,420 --> 01:40:49,910
You dared spurn me.
1070
01:40:51,820 --> 01:40:53,410
Not to mention
1071
01:40:54,060 --> 01:40:56,150
you stole my sword.
1072
01:40:57,200 --> 01:40:58,960
Because My Lady
1073
01:41:01,800 --> 01:41:03,700
you know you'll have me soon enough.
1074
01:41:16,010 --> 01:41:17,170
Yes.
1075
01:41:19,950 --> 01:41:21,320
I will.
1076
01:41:55,890 --> 01:41:57,820
INANNA: Oh Shamash
hear my plea.
1077
01:41:59,060 --> 01:42:03,430
For three days and nights my son has
slept the sleep of the living dead.
1078
01:42:04,200 --> 01:42:06,030
Bring him back to us
1079
01:42:06,470 --> 01:42:08,800
or take him please
I beg you.
1080
01:42:18,020 --> 01:42:19,850
(CHUCKLES)
What's that stench?
1081
01:42:29,260 --> 01:42:30,890
I would think I've earned a thank you.
1082
01:42:30,960 --> 01:42:33,450
Of course I never planned
on serving that wretch.
1083
01:42:33,530 --> 01:42:36,330
My words will tell your
story well my friend.
1084
01:42:36,400 --> 01:42:39,100
In time your exploits will be renowned.
1085
01:42:39,170 --> 01:42:40,870
If you'll just
1086
01:42:41,440 --> 01:42:42,810
let go.
1087
01:42:45,110 --> 01:42:46,270
Hey.
1088
01:42:49,880 --> 01:42:51,410
Welcome back.
1089
01:43:02,400 --> 01:43:05,830
HIGH PRIEST: Citizens of
Akkad I give you your new king.
1090
01:43:05,900 --> 01:43:08,530
Son of Hammurabi
Shalmaneser.
1091
01:43:15,310 --> 01:43:19,840
People of Akkad we have
passed through a very hard time.
1092
01:43:20,620 --> 01:43:23,210
But the sun is rising again.
1093
01:43:25,520 --> 01:43:27,280
Where is the Greek?
1094
01:43:28,090 --> 01:43:31,650
He said something about
Olympia and Neptune's Trident.
1095
01:43:32,030 --> 01:43:34,020
But he wanted you
to have this.
1096
01:43:34,100 --> 01:43:36,160
He said you'd understand.
1097
01:43:40,900 --> 01:43:42,100
What?
1098
01:43:45,380 --> 01:43:46,670
I think he'll do quite well.
1099
01:43:46,740 --> 01:43:51,040
Our land the people's
land will prosper again!
1100
01:43:56,490 --> 01:43:57,610
People of Akkad...
1101
01:43:57,690 --> 01:43:59,450
Should have been you.
1102
01:44:00,120 --> 01:44:03,030
No thanks.
Not my cup of tea.
1103
01:44:04,530 --> 01:44:05,790
And us?
1104
01:44:11,840 --> 01:44:13,460
We'll be fine.
1105
01:44:13,770 --> 01:44:16,470
It would have been nice to
live in a beautiful palace
1106
01:44:16,540 --> 01:44:19,740
with lots of servants
and fine linens.
1107
01:44:21,110 --> 01:44:23,270
I thought you wanted to be a warrior
1108
01:44:23,350 --> 01:44:25,410
roam the world
like a man.
1109
01:44:25,480 --> 01:44:29,750
Well I decided I didn't like battles
and killing as much as I thought I would.
1110
01:44:30,090 --> 01:44:33,650
SHALMANESER: That every man
may know right from wrong.
1111
01:44:33,730 --> 01:44:35,130
Do you?
1112
01:44:37,500 --> 01:44:38,860
ARI: But the truth
of the matter was
1113
01:44:38,930 --> 01:44:42,460
Mathayus did have a fondness
for battles and killing.
1114
01:44:42,540 --> 01:44:45,200
And though he loved Layla
the blood of a warrior
1115
01:44:45,270 --> 01:44:49,210
and the scorpion's dark venom
still coursed through his veins.
1116
01:44:50,550 --> 01:44:53,310
It would drive him out into the
wide world for further adventures
1117
01:44:53,380 --> 01:44:57,440
and further battles
until one day perhaps
1118
01:44:58,120 --> 01:45:01,720
he would return
to become the Scorpion King.
1119
01:45:03,430 --> 01:45:07,450
That is the subject
for another tale.
1120
01:45:10,370 --> 01:45:14,500
1121
01:45:14,500 --> 01:45:16,500