Atlantis

If anyone is to end her life, it will be me.

~ What's she doing here?! ~ She's with me. ~ I mean you no harm.

She will kill us the first chance she gets.

I don't believe that.

~ If we are to escape with our lives, you have to trust me. ~ Never.

Let her go! No!

Medea!

I know you can hear me.

I swear, I will find you, and I will kill you.

Where is she?

~ She's here somewhere. We have to find her. ~ Jason.

The Queen needs you.

What have I done?

We must get her back to Atlantis.

Jason.

You must wait here.

I understand you are a healer?

A practitioner of medicine, of sorts.

I will need betony and blue iris root.

She's in good hands. The best hands.

If she dies, I will never forgive myself.

Tende thean kaleus hemon empsukhon hapanton akraiphnus iakhoros

iatrikon ergon hagizo.

Hapanton akraiphnus iakhoros iatrikon ergon hagizo.

You weren't to know what Medea would do.

You knew.

You see the best in people.

It's your faith that makes you who you are.

And what if my faith in people costs Ariadne her life?

Potna thea tethus he phos te bion te porizei tende g'idu noseran

ten hemeteren basilissan.

Are you hungry?

You must be hungry. You should eat something.

I have no appetite.

~ How is she? ~ She's resting.

Is she going to be all right? Tell me.

I have done what I can for her.

It is in the hands of the Gods now.

I have to know.

~ The Queen was badly wounded. Nothing is certain. ~ Please.

She is very weak, but the bleeding has stopped.

Praise the Gods.

You should be at her side.

Thank you.

How is he?

He blames himself.

Are you hungry? You must be hungry.

You should eat something.

I have no appetite.

Well, I for one have to eat something.

Jason?

I won't leave your side.

It's very kind of you to let me stay in your home.

Not at all. It's the least I can do.

I am well known for my kindness and generosity.

Everyone will tell you. Almost everyone will tell you.

Tomorrow, I shall be on my way.

Really? You're welcome to stay as long as you need.

I must attend to Eurydice's funeral rites.

You are welcome to finish the rest of it.

I'm so sorry about Eurydice.

I know how it feels to lose your true love.

Eurydice isn't lost to me.

But she's dead?

Well, do you think that I could let that stand between us?

Oh, no, no.

We shall be together again, even if I must journey to Hades.

Love only dies when you give up on it.

As long as I have breath in my body, then I know there is still hope.

I'm old and tired, and in need of my bed.

Good night.

Where there is love, there is always a way.

Good night, Hercules.

Ariadne?

Help! Please! Please! Someone help me!

I can't understand it. The wound had stopped bleeding.

It's as if there is something preventing the Queen's

body from healing itself.

~ You believe she has an infection? ~ An infection? No.

What do you mean? Will the wound heal?

I can't be certain.

Do you have the knife?

O themi dos sophian hemin. Pothen esti tod' enkhose

Manti thea, nun deixon emoi kai pleiona erga.

Nun dunamin dos emoi mekhri peusomai hatta genoito.

The sorceress who has enchanted this blade has great power.

This dagger is imbued with a death curse. But it is Colchean magic.

I cannot undo it.

No. There must be something you can do?

It is beyond my powers. I fear the Queen's wound is fatal.

No! No! I won't let her die.

There must be something!

What?

What is it?

Tell me.

~ There are some who may have the knowledge you seek. ~ Who?

They are known as the Grey Sisters.

They are the most powerful seers on this earth.

Nothing escapes their gaze, not even the minds of the Gods.

If there is a cure for Ariadne, they will know it.

Where can I find them?

They are dangerous.

They may tell you things you do not wish to hear.

If they can heal Ariadne, then that is a risk I must take.

Now tell me, where I can find them?

Look at him. He'll stop at nothing to heal Ariadne.

He'll never give up, no matter what it takes.

~ What's wrong? ~ Nothing.

When your face is all screwed up

and jowly like that, it is never nothing.

Jowly? I was thinking.

Which is when you are at your jowliest.

I'm nothing but a joke to you, am I?

Stupid, jowly Hercules who cares for no-one but himself!

Hercules, what's wrong?

Medusa.

I promised I'd find her a cure and what have I done? Nothing.

I've left her rotting in that cave.

There was nothing you could do.

Or is that what I tell myself because it's easier?

Orpheus and Jason, they'd never give up on the women they love.

They'd go the ends of the Earth and beyond.

Rumours of the Queen's plight have spread throughout Atlantis.

The people are fearful.

When the Queen dies,

there are many in the city who will support your claim to the throne.

Good. I want to know the moment she passes.

It will be done, Your Highness.

I am not yet Queen.

But soon. I look forward to serving in your court.

Tell me, Cilix.

When you are in my court, will you betray me so easily?

I have always been loyal.

Minos could not have taken the throne without my support.

For which you were well rewarded. Your loyalty was bought.

Who's to say it could not be bought by someone else?

Coming here like this, I am risking everything!

If you fail, I will more than likely be executed as a traitor.

Then it is in both our interests that I succeed.

Indeed.

Listen.

I don't hear anything.

There's no bird song.

Is it just me,

or does anyone else have a really bad feeling about this place?

What are these things?

They're totems.

He's here.

What does he look like?

He's handsome. A pretty boy.

I want to see him. Give me the eye.

Oh!

A very pretty boy.

You know who I am?

We have been expecting you.

Long have we waited.

Then you know why I'm here?

You wish to heal the Queen.

His precious Queen.

You must love her very much.

Do you know how to heal her?

~ We know many things. ~ See many things.

Tell me.

~ Please. ~ You have something for us?

Oh, has he brought us a gift?

~ I have nothing. ~ Nothing?

Then you will receive nothing.

No. You have to help me. Ariadne is dying.

I'm begging you.

~ He's begging! ~ Such a pretty boy.

Tell me what you want from me. Anything.

I want to see him. Give me the eye.

Who has the eye? Where is the eye?

~ You can't see? ~ The boy has it! ~ Give it back!

Give her the eye!

Answer my question. How do I heal Ariadne?

The eye first.

I swear, I will slice it in two.

~ No! ~ Tell me what I want to know!

There is but one way to heal the Queen.

The wound must be treated with the blood of the enchantress.

Medea?

Blood to heal blood.

Where do I find her?

Oh, the witch is with her Goddess.

The Temple of Hecate.

Deep within the Kalabrian forest.

There is nothing I would like more than to spill her blood.

Such a stupid boy!

Stupid and pretty.

~ You must not kill her. ~ Why?

~ He's blinder than us. ~ Ha-ha. Stupid and blind.

Your fates are entwined.

~ No. You're lying. ~ No, it is you who lies.

Lies to yourself.

You already sense it.

Without her, all that you strive for will be lost.

You will come to see that, one day in a far off land.

~ You have your answer. Give us the eye! ~ The eye!

Catch!