1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,760 This presentation is rated TVPG. 2 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:22,180 When it comes to shortcuts, Marco, you sure know how to pick 'em. Trust me, 3 00:00:22,180 --> 00:00:23,820 shave off half our travel time. 4 00:00:24,460 --> 00:00:25,460 I don't know. 5 00:00:26,069 --> 00:00:28,050 This place does seem kind of creepy. 6 00:00:28,450 --> 00:00:31,990 Look, look, Smucker's right. All we have to do is wait for the sunset, it'll 7 00:00:31,990 --> 00:00:33,630 take us due west, straight back to the academy. 8 00:00:34,350 --> 00:00:35,350 I know. 9 00:00:35,450 --> 00:00:38,410 Besides, I don't want to tell Chiron we're late because we were watching the 10 00:00:38,410 --> 00:00:39,410 Colosseum games. 11 00:00:39,730 --> 00:00:41,670 No, no, no, you two were watching the games. 12 00:00:41,890 --> 00:00:45,050 I was collecting the philosophy scrolls like we were supposed to. 13 00:00:45,670 --> 00:00:48,990 Hey, uh, speaking of which, can I carry these for me? I didn't realize 14 00:00:48,990 --> 00:00:50,470 philosophy could be so heavy. 15 00:00:53,610 --> 00:00:55,930 Come on, ladies. We don't have all day. 16 00:01:15,010 --> 00:01:18,090 Care to guess what punishment we'll get for being late? 17 00:01:18,370 --> 00:01:21,310 I'm thinking mucking up the horse stables. 18 00:01:21,530 --> 00:01:22,690 Yeah, cleaning all the dishes. 19 00:01:23,230 --> 00:01:26,590 Cleaning the latrines with our toothbrushes. Hey, guys, guys, what's 20 00:01:27,010 --> 00:01:28,950 Looks like something's already been here. 21 00:01:29,890 --> 00:01:32,610 Oh, maybe there's some truth to those old legends after all. 22 00:01:32,910 --> 00:01:36,470 No way. We've been out here for hours and the only problem is sand in our 23 00:01:38,710 --> 00:01:42,950 Sorry, Marco, but this is the longest shortcut I've ever been on. Really? I 24 00:01:42,950 --> 00:01:43,829 you to already. 25 00:01:43,830 --> 00:01:44,930 The other way's longer. 26 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:55,800 Hang on! 27 00:01:58,580 --> 00:01:59,580 What? 28 00:02:07,740 --> 00:02:09,020 What is that? 29 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:10,620 I don't know. Come on! Go! 30 00:02:13,220 --> 00:02:14,220 Go! 31 00:02:14,900 --> 00:02:15,900 Hurry up! 32 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:17,220 It's accurate! Come on! 33 00:02:23,029 --> 00:02:25,390 Hercules, have you seen Aeolus? I'm worried about him. 34 00:02:26,830 --> 00:02:28,470 He and the others were due back this morning. 35 00:02:29,310 --> 00:02:30,870 Maybe Theseus and I should go after him. 36 00:02:31,430 --> 00:02:34,190 Well, come on, Ace. It's probably just Aeolus messing around. 37 00:02:34,710 --> 00:02:37,490 Well, I don't know. I mean, Marco and Lilith wouldn't be late. 38 00:02:37,930 --> 00:02:38,930 Oh, Hercules is right. 39 00:02:39,050 --> 00:02:40,050 Better to be safe. 40 00:02:40,870 --> 00:02:44,050 But you must give me your word you'll return here for help if the situation is 41 00:02:44,050 --> 00:02:46,170 serious. I don't want you taking any risks. 42 00:02:46,730 --> 00:02:47,549 Don't worry. 43 00:02:47,550 --> 00:02:48,550 It's probably nothing. 44 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:11,680 In an age of light and darkness, Zeus, king of the gods, ruled the universe. 45 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,420 He had a son, young Hercules. 46 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:26,980 Half god, half man, 47 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:32,280 young Hercules longs to find his place in the world. The father he's never 48 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,160 known, and what it means to be a hero. 49 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:42,480 Before the man became legend, before the legend became man, came the greatest 50 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:43,800 adventure of all. 51 00:03:51,300 --> 00:03:54,960 So tell me, Ace, what's it really like being a half -god? 52 00:03:56,260 --> 00:03:57,840 Besides the strength factor. 53 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:00,660 You can't live forever, can you? 54 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:02,600 And you still feel pain, right? 55 00:04:03,420 --> 00:04:08,260 I mean, if I knocked you into the middle of next week, it would hurt, right? 56 00:04:09,420 --> 00:04:10,420 Come on. 57 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:11,580 This is all new to me. 58 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:18,040 You can't shoot lightning bolts out of your hand, can you? 59 00:04:19,100 --> 00:04:21,519 Listen, I'm just a normal guy like you, all right? 60 00:04:22,079 --> 00:04:23,080 Oh. 61 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:25,580 So now I'm just a regular guy, huh? 62 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:27,040 A regular guy. 63 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,060 It's to the Dune Sea, just south of the mountains. 64 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:39,780 Sounds like a shortcut. 65 00:04:42,180 --> 00:04:43,180 Eolus. Eolus. 66 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,680 All right, well, looks like we know where we'll find them. Come on. 67 00:04:47,180 --> 00:04:48,180 No, wait. 68 00:04:49,280 --> 00:04:50,620 There's a warning about this place. 69 00:04:51,460 --> 00:04:54,240 All travelers should declare of the Dune Thieves. 70 00:04:54,780 --> 00:04:56,880 You know, we promised Kyron we wouldn't take any risks. 71 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,060 Well, what are you saying? If they're out there, we just leave them? 72 00:05:01,780 --> 00:05:03,060 Oh, I forgot. 73 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:05,020 I needn't worry, right? 74 00:05:05,220 --> 00:05:07,840 I got the super -strong son of Zeus on my side. 75 00:05:08,140 --> 00:05:09,640 Oh, I forgot. 76 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,420 I can, uh, throw lighting bolts out of my hands. 77 00:05:20,900 --> 00:05:22,720 Hey, Beethy, look. 78 00:05:23,660 --> 00:05:25,280 There's footprints going over that rise. 79 00:05:33,230 --> 00:05:34,550 Not much of a welcoming committee. 80 00:05:36,310 --> 00:05:38,410 Well, at least we found these, right? 81 00:05:38,890 --> 00:05:40,710 Yeah, but there's no sign of the guy who left them. 82 00:05:42,430 --> 00:05:46,250 Look, all right, the other side of this desert is ringed by mountains, okay? Due 83 00:05:46,250 --> 00:05:49,510 east heads to the only other way in, you know? If they're in here, we'll find 84 00:05:49,510 --> 00:05:50,510 them. 85 00:05:50,970 --> 00:05:51,970 Hey. 86 00:05:52,670 --> 00:05:55,650 Hey, camel boy, you want to just relax in the water, okay? We don't know how 87 00:05:55,650 --> 00:05:56,650 long we're going to be out here. 88 00:05:57,770 --> 00:05:59,910 We'll be back at the academy before sundown. 89 00:06:00,190 --> 00:06:04,850 With Iolos, Marco, and Lilith. You may be half God and all, but I'm the best 90 00:06:04,850 --> 00:06:05,850 tracker there is. 91 00:06:05,870 --> 00:06:08,430 No track too faint, no trail too hard. 92 00:06:10,850 --> 00:06:13,950 Except for mazes, though. They still kind of get to me. 93 00:06:20,910 --> 00:06:21,910 What do you think of this? 94 00:06:22,950 --> 00:06:23,950 Somebody's footprints. 95 00:06:24,150 --> 00:06:25,590 Yeah, but that looks like someone was dragged. 96 00:06:26,890 --> 00:06:29,070 And the footprints, they just stop. 97 00:06:29,590 --> 00:06:30,590 Huh? 98 00:06:34,110 --> 00:06:35,610 Do you know where the tracks are around here? 99 00:06:36,430 --> 00:06:37,430 They just vanished. 100 00:06:45,530 --> 00:06:52,290 This place is starting to creep me out. 101 00:07:02,180 --> 00:07:03,480 This is disgusting! 102 00:07:06,860 --> 00:07:12,100 I think they're eggs. 103 00:07:14,140 --> 00:07:15,140 Eggs for what? 104 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:17,940 I don't want to stick around to find out. 105 00:07:18,220 --> 00:07:21,340 I don't know about you, but I'm not coming between a mother and her young, 106 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:22,480 alright? 107 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:33,740 We're almost out of water. 108 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:37,140 I can't believe we're trapped out here. 109 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:42,020 I can't believe I'm going to say this, but I'd rather be back at the academy 110 00:07:42,020 --> 00:07:43,020 cleaning the stables. 111 00:07:43,500 --> 00:07:44,500 Or the latrines. 112 00:07:46,860 --> 00:07:49,140 I'm sorry for getting you guys stuck like this. 113 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:51,260 With that thing swimming around. 114 00:07:53,060 --> 00:07:54,060 I'm sorry. 115 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:55,400 Hey, Marco. 116 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:56,780 Why are you talking to the stick? 117 00:07:57,020 --> 00:07:58,020 It's not a stick. 118 00:07:58,900 --> 00:08:00,120 It's a symbol of honor. 119 00:08:01,900 --> 00:08:03,720 The people in my village are all fishermen. 120 00:08:04,420 --> 00:08:06,500 When you're born they plant a tree for you. 121 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:10,920 When you're old enough they cut the tree down and carve a fishing pole from the 122 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:11,920 wood. 123 00:08:12,100 --> 00:08:15,380 If they make a walking staff instead, it's a big honor. 124 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,640 It means they want you to go out in the world and do something more. 125 00:08:19,540 --> 00:08:21,540 Something they could never do as simple fishermen. 126 00:08:22,500 --> 00:08:23,560 But look what I've done. 127 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:25,980 I just get us into trouble. 128 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:30,040 Hey. 129 00:08:30,730 --> 00:08:31,730 It's okay. 130 00:08:32,890 --> 00:08:34,409 We're gonna be fine, Marco. 131 00:08:35,789 --> 00:08:38,169 Someone will find us before that thing does. 132 00:08:41,030 --> 00:08:42,710 You know, maybe those eggs were abandoned. 133 00:08:43,330 --> 00:08:44,630 Maybe they weren't even eggs. 134 00:08:45,550 --> 00:08:48,010 We could just be psyching ourselves out over nothing. 135 00:08:49,630 --> 00:08:55,170 But then again... What happened to a ton of legs? 136 00:08:57,950 --> 00:08:58,950 I don't know. 137 00:08:59,350 --> 00:09:00,350 Let's go. 138 00:09:10,659 --> 00:09:13,200 Listen, one of us should go back and tell Kyron about this, okay? 139 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:15,840 What you really meant is I should go back, right? 140 00:09:17,220 --> 00:09:18,220 No way. 141 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:20,180 No way I'm leaving you out here all alone. 142 00:09:21,060 --> 00:09:22,140 We should both head back. 143 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,500 This place freaks me out. 144 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:37,320 Well, all the more reason to stay and find him, right? 145 00:09:39,140 --> 00:09:40,500 Right. You see up there? 146 00:09:41,560 --> 00:09:44,340 I'm thinking if we climb up there and we stack a bunch of rocks, we should find 147 00:09:44,340 --> 00:09:45,940 a better vantage point, right? Right. 148 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,600 Time to use those super strong muscles of yours, big boy. Yeah. 149 00:10:15,580 --> 00:10:16,840 Hey, check it out. 150 00:10:18,900 --> 00:10:20,320 Hey, yo, Lutz! 151 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:21,660 Marco, Lutz! 152 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:23,200 Over here! 153 00:10:24,460 --> 00:10:26,060 Marco, Lutz, over here! 154 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:27,480 Come here! 155 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:31,660 Is that Theseus? Yeah, Hercules. Hey! 156 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:41,040 There's a sand creature! 157 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:42,319 Wait, Marco! 158 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:43,520 Come on, now's our chance! 159 00:10:43,980 --> 00:10:44,980 But what about that thing? 160 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,100 We haven't seen it for hours. We've got to try. 161 00:10:49,460 --> 00:10:50,460 Hey, 162 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:53,420 I told you I'd track him. 163 00:11:00,340 --> 00:11:01,340 Marco, don't go! 164 00:11:51,980 --> 00:11:52,980 Michael! 165 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:57,480 Mark, he's gone. 166 00:11:57,780 --> 00:11:59,380 He's gotta go. Come on. No! 167 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:31,160 I love you. 168 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:19,800 I think it's broken. 169 00:13:24,940 --> 00:13:26,060 Marco was a brave warrior. 170 00:13:27,420 --> 00:13:28,420 He was our friend. 171 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:40,380 I'm half God. I got all the strength. What good does it do me, huh? 172 00:13:54,250 --> 00:13:55,270 You can't believe he's gone. 173 00:13:56,610 --> 00:13:57,610 I know. 174 00:14:00,470 --> 00:14:01,770 We'll never forget him. 175 00:14:04,250 --> 00:14:05,550 He made his village proud. 176 00:14:08,610 --> 00:14:09,830 It was an honor to know. 177 00:14:28,460 --> 00:14:29,460 And I hope you choke. 178 00:14:33,420 --> 00:14:40,080 Is that it? 179 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:41,800 Fine. 180 00:14:49,180 --> 00:14:50,180 Tell you what. 181 00:14:50,820 --> 00:14:52,260 I don't know what that thing is out there. 182 00:14:53,740 --> 00:14:54,960 But I think it hunts by sound. 183 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:56,840 Did you see the way it went after that water skin? 184 00:14:59,660 --> 00:15:03,560 We could make noise, act as decoys, give you a chance to get back to the Academy 185 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:04,560 and tell Chiron. 186 00:15:06,300 --> 00:15:09,280 Listen, you said you wouldn't leave me, and I'm not going to leave you. That 187 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:12,000 thing's just going to sit there and wait for us. We're not going to give it a 188 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,000 chance. 189 00:15:14,580 --> 00:15:18,320 Now, I think if I take one of these rocks and I throw it down there, it 190 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:19,320 go after it. 191 00:15:20,380 --> 00:15:22,720 Giving you Olis and Lilith a chance to make it over here. 192 00:15:23,660 --> 00:15:24,660 Exactly. 193 00:15:26,220 --> 00:15:27,880 Watch out. Hold on. I'm sorry. 194 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:45,080 I don't get it. 195 00:15:45,100 --> 00:15:46,320 I want us to go over there. 196 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:49,160 As soon as we get off this rock, that thing's going to grab us. 197 00:15:52,420 --> 00:15:53,420 No, no, no, wait. 198 00:15:54,220 --> 00:15:55,740 Yes, I think I know what he's saying. 199 00:15:59,340 --> 00:16:01,500 Okay, Eolus, get ready to run. 200 00:16:01,900 --> 00:16:03,980 But that thing is still out there. 201 00:17:24,170 --> 00:17:25,170 Are you okay? 202 00:17:25,990 --> 00:17:27,349 Yeah, just a little banged up. 203 00:17:28,550 --> 00:17:30,650 Hey, uh, thanks for coming after us. 204 00:17:32,090 --> 00:17:35,610 Sure. No chance that thing's gonna fall for the same trick twice. 205 00:17:38,430 --> 00:17:39,430 No, 206 00:17:41,870 --> 00:17:44,390 listen, as long as we stay up on these rocks, we'll be fine. 207 00:17:45,170 --> 00:17:46,170 Yeah? 208 00:17:46,730 --> 00:17:47,730 Yeah. 209 00:17:47,890 --> 00:17:49,430 So, uh, we just stay up on the rocks. 210 00:17:50,470 --> 00:17:51,470 And that's your plan? 211 00:17:53,130 --> 00:17:54,130 Yeah. 212 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:04,340 Like I said, just stay on top of the rocks. 213 00:18:05,820 --> 00:18:07,880 Pathetius, you're not looking so good, buddy. 214 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:09,940 Look who's talking, Eolus. 215 00:18:37,700 --> 00:18:38,700 We gotta keep moving. 216 00:20:25,230 --> 00:20:26,410 That ought to keep people out of here. 217 00:20:27,350 --> 00:20:28,350 Yeah. 218 00:20:28,710 --> 00:20:29,710 Let's hope so. 219 00:20:30,150 --> 00:20:31,730 Listen, you guys go without me, okay? 220 00:20:32,130 --> 00:20:33,130 Where are you going? 221 00:20:33,370 --> 00:20:34,490 Take this to Marco's village. 222 00:20:35,930 --> 00:20:37,070 Someone's got to tell his family, right?