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ÿÿÿÿÿÿ(male narrator) ÿÿÿÿÿÿIN THE BEGINNING, ÿÿÿÿÿÿBEFORE CREATION,

ÿÿÿÿTHERE WAS DARKNESS.

ÿÿFROM THE PRIMORDIAL EXPLOSION ÿÿEMERGED

ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHE FIRE OF CHAOS.

, ÿÿÿÿÿÿCHAOS MERGED WITH DARKNESS

AND FROM THIS UNION WERE BORN THE ELEMENTS:

ÿÿNIGHT,

ÿÿÿÿDAY,

MATTER,

AND AIR.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHEN, ÿÿÿÿÿÿOUT OF THIS MISTY RADIANCE ÿÿÿÿÿÿOF THE COSMOS,

THERE CAME FORTH A JAR, GOLDEN AND GLITTERING.

ÿÿPANDORA'S JAR.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿIT WAS FILLED WITH ÿÿÿÿÿÿALL THE ESSENCES, ÿÿÿÿÿÿBOTH GOOD AND EVIL

OF LIFE ITSELF.

FROM THE FRAGMENTS OF THE JAR,

ÿÿÿÿTHE PLANETS ÿÿÿÿAND THE SOLAR ÿÿÿÿSYSTEM WERE FORMED.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿSATURN OR CRONOS,

ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHE WORLD OF MYSTIC RINGS.

ÿÿÿÿOTHER FRAGMENTS ÿÿÿÿBECAME THE FLAMING ENERGIES ÿÿÿÿTHAT GAVE SHAPE TO

MERCURY.

, ÿÿÿÿÿÿYET ANOTHER FRAGMENT ÿÿÿÿÿÿGAVE BIRTH TO THE COLOSSUS

JUPITER, THE TITAN OF THE SKIES.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿAND SO ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHE WORLDS OF THE UNIVERSE ÿÿÿÿÿÿWERE CREATED

ÿÿÿÿALONG WITH THE MOONS ÿÿÿÿTHAT ACCOMPANY THEM.

AND THEN, EARTH.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿAND ON EARTH, ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHERE WAS LIFE EVERYWHERE.

ÿÿBUT THE FIRST BEINGS ÿÿTHAT THE MISTS OF ÿÿCREATION OFFERED FORTH

ÿÿWERE NOT MEN.

ÿÿÿÿTHEY WERE OF ÿÿÿÿTHE SUPREME ESSENCE, ÿÿÿÿAND BECAME GODS.

THEY CLAIMED THE MOON AS THEIR HOME.

ÿÿÿÿTHERE, ÿÿÿÿTO DELIBERATE AND TO DECIDE

ÿÿÿÿTHE ULTIMATE FATE OF MANKIND

ÿÿAND OF ALL THAT LIVED.

(Zeus) PANDORA'S JAR IS BROKEN,

ÿÿAND THE FORCES OF EVIL ÿÿHAVE BEEN LET LOOSE.

THE WORLD OF MORTAL MEN IS FACING ITS HOUR OF DECISION.

IT WILL GO DOWN TO DESTRUCTION

ÿÿÿÿÿÿOR ELSE, IT WILL SURVIVE.

THIS IS THEIR MOMENT OF TRIAL.

ÿÿTHEY'VE GOT TO ÿÿSHOW THEMSELVES WORTHY

ÿÿOF EVERYTHING WE GODS ÿÿHAVE GIVEN THEM.

ÿÿÿÿBUT EVIL IS DARK AND STRONG.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿAND IT MAY BE THAT ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHE SCALES OF FATE

ÿÿÿÿARE NOT YET IN FULL BALANCE.

ÿÿÿÿWHAT CAN I DO TO EQUALIZE ÿÿÿÿBOTH SIDES OF THE STRUGGLE, ÿÿÿÿATHENA?

ÿÿIF YOU DON'T WANT TO INCREASE ÿÿTHE POWERS OF ALL MEN,

ÿÿTHEN WHY DON'T YOU ÿÿINCREASE THOSE OF ONE,

ÿÿÿÿSO THAT HE MAY FIGHT ÿÿÿÿFOR ALL THE OTHERS?

ÿÿÿÿNOW...

ÿÿA MAN WHO IS STRONGER ÿÿAND MORE INTELLIGENT

ÿÿÿÿTHAN ALL OTHER MEN.

ÿÿA HERO

ÿÿÿÿÿÿWITH A BODY FORGED ÿÿÿÿÿÿIN THE FURNACE

ÿÿOF 1,000 SUNS,

ÿÿÿÿA BODY CAPABLE OF UNDERGOING ÿÿÿÿEVERY LABOR AND EVERY PAIN,

PRACTICALLY INVINCIBLE.

MADE FROM THE PUREST OF ALL ENERGIES: LIGHT.

ÿÿDESCEND TO ÿÿTHE EARTH NOW, LIGHT.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿAS A LIVING BEING.

ÿÿÿÿAND INCARNATE ÿÿÿÿYOUR MIGHTY ENERGIES

ÿÿIN THE BODY OF A NEWBORN MAN.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ(narrator) ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHEBES IN THE BRONZE AGE.

4,000 YEARS FROM THIS MOMENT,

ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHE ROYAL PALACE.

ÿÿHERCULES, THE NEWBORN SON ÿÿOF AMPHITRYON, KING OF THEBES

ÿÿÿÿÿÿAND OF HIS QUEEN, ALCMENE.

ÿÿHE WILL BE ZEUS' HERO.

EVEN AS THE HERO IS BORN,

ÿÿTHE FORCES OF EVIL ÿÿARE AT WORK IN THEBES.

ÿÿÿÿ[grunts]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[grunts]

COMMANDER. COMMANDER.

ÿÿTHE SACRED SWORD ÿÿHAS BEEN STOLEN ÿÿFROM THE TEMPLE OF HERA.

ÿÿTHE GUARDS HAVE BEEN KILLED.

ÿÿSACRILEGE.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿI'LL GIVE THE ALARM AT ONC ÿÿÿÿÿÿAND I'LL ORDER ÿÿÿÿÿÿALL THE DOORS CLOSED.

? ÿÿÿÿHAVE YOU NOTIFIED ÿÿÿÿANYONE ELSE, SOLDIER

ÿÿYOU'RE ÿÿTHE SUPREME COMMANDER, SIR.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿGOOD.

ÿÿTHEBES WILL ÿÿREPAY YOU LIKE THIS.

[grunts]

WHAT A SHAME YOU DIDN'T SEE THAT IT WAS ALL PLANNED.

ÿÿPRINCESS!

ÿÿNOW THAT MY MAN ÿÿHAS STOLEN THE SWORD,

ÿÿWE CAN GO AHEAD ÿÿWITH OUR PLAN.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿLET THE SOLDIERS THINK ÿÿÿÿÿÿIT WAS THE KING WHO ÿÿÿÿÿÿVIOLATED THE TEMPLE.

ÿÿTHEY WILL FOLLOW YOU, ÿÿAND YOU WILL BE ÿÿRULER OF THEBES

ÿÿAND OF MOST OF GREECE.

ÿÿÿÿPROVIDED YOU KILL ÿÿÿÿTHE KING AND ÿÿÿÿTHE QUEEN TONIGHT

ÿÿÿÿAND THEIR SON, ÿÿÿÿTHE NEWBORN PRINCE, ÿÿÿÿTHE LITTLE HERCULES.

FOR YOU AND YOUR FATHER, KING MINOS OF THIRA,

THE SWORD THAT STOPS THE FIRE.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿAND FOR ME,

ÿÿTHE THRONE OF THEBES.

ÿÿ[men yelling]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[swords clashing]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ(narrator) ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHE EVIL REBELS ÿÿÿÿÿÿATTACKED THE LOYAL GUARDS

ÿÿAND SOON, ÿÿTHEBES BECAME ÿÿA TRAGIC BATTLEFIELD.

ÿÿTHE LOYALISTS WERE KILLED, ÿÿAND THE CROWN WAS OVERTHROWN.

ÿÿTHERE, VALCHEUS. ÿÿNOW THEBES IS YOURS.

ÿÿEXCELLENT.

ÿÿTHE SON?

ÿÿI'VE LEFT THAT ÿÿSUBLIME PLEASURE FOR YOU.

ÿÿFAREWELL, LITTLE KING.

ÿÿYOU'LL NEVER WEAR A CROWN.

ÿÿSOSTRATOS. ÿÿÿÿ(Sostratos) ÿÿÿÿYES?

ÿÿÿÿTHE BABY!

ÿÿWHERE IS THE KING'S SON? ÿÿWHERE'S HERCULES?

. ÿÿI DON'T KNOW. I THOUGHT-- ÿÿÿÿ(soldier ) ÿÿÿÿVALCHEUS

D. ÿÿÿÿÿÿONE OF THE MAIDS ÿÿÿÿÿÿFLED WITH THE CHIL

ÿÿÿÿSOMEONE SAW HER ÿÿÿÿHEADING FOR ÿÿÿÿTHE SECRET PASSAGEWAY.

ÿÿGET HER. CAPTURE HER!

ÿÿ[baby crying]

ÿÿMAMA.

ÿÿ(Valcheus) ÿÿKILL HIM!

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[grunts]

ÿÿ(Valcheus) ÿÿDON'T BOTHER.

ÿÿIT'S NO USE.

S. ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHE RIVER WILL GET ÿÿÿÿÿÿRID OF THE CHILD FOR U

BACK TO THEBES, OUR JOB IS DONE.

ÿÿÿÿ(narrator) ÿÿÿÿSO THE NEWBORN BABY,

ÿÿÿÿPOOR LITTLE PRINCE HERCULES,

SAILED ON AND ON ALONG THE RIVER,

MILE AFTER MILE

ÿÿÿÿÿÿADRIFT AND ALONE.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[babbling]

ÿÿ[roaring]

ÿÿPUT THAT BACK IN THE RIVER.

ÿÿÿÿALL RIGHT.

ÿÿÿÿALL RIGHT.

ÿÿÿÿBUT ZEUS, ÿÿÿÿYOU PUT IT PAST THE RAPIDS, ÿÿÿÿWHERE IT'S SAFE.

YOU DIDN'T SAY WHERE TO PUT IT.

ÿÿ(Zeus) ÿÿYOU JUST SAID, "IN THE RIVER."

[birds chirping]

ZEUS IS CLEVER.

HE INTERVENES FOR HIS DIVINE SON.

. ÿÿÿÿBUT IT'S UP TO ME ÿÿÿÿTO RIGHT THE BALANCE

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[exclaims]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[hissing]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[babbling]

(woman) POOR THING.

ÿÿABANDONED ON ÿÿTHE BANK OF A RIVER.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ(man) ÿÿÿÿÿÿWHERE DO YOU SUPPO SE ÿÿÿÿÿÿHE COMES FROM?

THERE ARE NO CITIES NEARBY.

ÿÿPERHAPS THE GODS ÿÿHEARD MY PRAYERS

ÿÿAND SENT US ÿÿTHE BABY WE COULDN'T HAVE.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿDEAR, HE'LL BE LIKE ÿÿÿÿÿÿOUR OWN SON.

(narrator) IN THE COSMIC CHESS GAME BETWEEN THE GODS,

ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHIS WAS YET ANOTHER MOVE

ÿÿÿÿÿÿTOWARD THE FINAL ENCOUNTER ÿÿÿÿÿÿBETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL.

ÿÿAND NOW, AMONG MEN, ÿÿWHERE TIME HURRIES ON,

ÿÿÿÿYOUR HERO IS GROWING , ÿÿÿÿAND HIS STRENGTH ÿÿÿÿIS INCREASING.

THE STRENGTH THAT YOU GAVE HIM, ZEUS.

ÿÿ[birds calling]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[rumbling]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[grunting]

ÿÿYOUR HANDS POSSESS ÿÿTHE POWER OF ZEUS.

ÿÿÿÿI KNOW, FATHER.

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHERE MUST BE ÿÿÿÿÿÿSOME PURPOSE FOR IT.

ÿÿWELL, WHEN THE TIME COMES,

ÿÿTHE GODS WILL TELL YOU ÿÿWHAT IT'S FOR.

ÿÿLET'S FINISH ÿÿCHOPPING THE TREES ÿÿAND CARRY THE WOOD HOME.

ÿÿIT MUST BE ÿÿNEAR LUNCHTIME.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿI CAN FINISH THIS FORE ST ÿÿÿÿÿÿBEFORE YOU GET HOME.

ÿÿ[laughs] ÿÿALL RIGHT, HURRY UP.

[bear snorting]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿHERCULES?

ÿÿIS THAT YOU, HERCULES?

ÿÿÿÿHERCULES.

[growls]

[roars]

[grunts]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ(Father) ÿÿÿÿÿÿHERCULES!

ÿÿ[bear roaring]

! ÿÿÿÿÿÿFATHER

ÿÿÿÿFATHER!

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[growling]

FATHER!

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[panting]

ÿÿÿÿFATHER?

ÿÿÿÿFATHER!

ÿÿÿÿ[screaming]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[roaring]

THAT'S HOW ALL YOUR HEROES END UP: AS STARS.

I WONDER, HOW MANY CONSTELLATIONS

ÿÿWILL THERE BE BEFORE ÿÿYOU CAN STOP HERCULES?

ÿÿÿÿDON'T LET THAT ÿÿÿÿWORRY YOU, MY DEAR.

ÿÿÿÿI'VE PLENTY OF FOLLOWERS ÿÿÿÿALREADY PREPARING THEMSELVES

ÿÿÿÿTO ATTACK ÿÿÿÿTHE CHAMPION OF MEN.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ(Minos) ÿÿÿÿÿÿDAEDALUS!

ÿÿÿÿÿÿDAEDALUS!

EMBODIMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, REASON, AND CURIOSITY,

ÿÿÿÿTHE GREAT ÿÿÿÿGENIUS OF INVENTION, ÿÿÿÿMASTER OF SCIENCE.

ÿÿI, KING MINOS OF THIRA,

ÿÿCALL ON YOU

ÿÿTO STEP INTO TIME AND SPACE.

ÿÿMATERIALIZE OUT OF CHAOS.

DAEDA--

ÿÿÿÿ[zapping]

ÿÿDAEDALUS!

ÿÿI NEED YOUR HELP.

NS ÿÿÿÿÿÿMINOS, WHEN YOU AS K ÿÿÿÿÿÿME TO HELP, IT MEA

ÿÿÿÿYOU WANT TO SERV E ÿÿÿÿTHE GODS.

? ÿÿÿÿÿÿWHAT DOES HERA ÿÿÿÿÿÿWANT THIS TIME

ÿÿÿÿWE HAVE TO ÿÿÿÿELIMINATE HERCULES.

ONE DAY, MINOS, YOU WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE

ÿÿÿÿBETWEEN THE GODS ÿÿÿÿAND SCIENCE.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿDAEDALUS.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿYOU KNOW ME. ÿÿÿÿÿÿI AM DEDICATED TO SCIENCE.

ÿÿI DO NOT BELIEVE ÿÿIN THE GODS.

ÿÿBUT, UH, DOING THEM ÿÿA LITTLE FAVOR CAN'T HURT, ÿÿCAN IT?

ANYWAY, THE PROBLEM IS HERCULES.

ÿÿTHIS FAVORITE OF ÿÿTHE GODS MUST BE STOPPED.

AND THIS IS MY SOLUTION TO HERCULES.

A SMALL SOLUTION TO SUCH A BIG PROBLEM.

MINOS, MY DEAR,

ÿÿSIZE, LIKE TIME AND SPACE, ÿÿIS RELATIVE.

ÿÿRELATIVE ALSO ÿÿTO ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS, ÿÿRIGHT?

AND ON HITTING THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE, IT WILL GROW,

ÿÿIT WILL GROW ÿÿBIG, HUGE, IMMENSE,

TERRIFYING.

S. ÿÿÿÿÿÿHE IS PROGRAMMED ÿÿÿÿÿÿTO DESTROY HERCULE

Y. ÿÿÿÿÿÿAND WHOEVER ÿÿÿÿÿÿGETS IN HIS WA

ÿÿÿÿNATURALLY.

ÿÿGO, MY LITTLE METALLIC FRIEND,

. ÿÿÿÿFULFILL YOUR DESTINY

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ(Minos) ÿÿÿÿÿÿTURN INTO

ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHE COLOSSAL EXTERMINATOR ÿÿÿÿÿÿYOU REALLY ARE.

GO, KILL, MY DEADLY TOY.

[buzzing]

ÿÿÿÿ[horse approaching]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ(rider) ÿÿÿÿÿÿHERCULES!

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[grunting]

ÿÿÿÿHERCULES!

ÿÿÿÿÿÿHERCULES!

ÿÿÿÿÿÿHERCULES!

ÿÿÿÿ(rider) ÿÿÿÿYOUR MOTHER ÿÿÿÿIS IN DANGER! COME!

ÿÿWHAT?

ÿÿÿÿ[neighing]

ÿÿMOTHER!

[moaning]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿHERCULES.

ÿÿMOTHER.

ÿÿTELL ME WHAT HAPPENED, ÿÿPLEASE.

[groans]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[machine buzzing]

ÿÿ[siren blaring]

ÿÿ[metallic clattering]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[siren continues blaring]

ÿÿÿÿ[crackling]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[machine crashing]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿFAREWELL, MOTHER.

ÿÿHERCULES, ÿÿWHAT ARE YOU DOING?

ÿÿIT'S YOUR OWN HOUSE.

ÿÿI DON'T HAVE A HOUSE ANYMORE, ÿÿOR A FAMILY.

ÿÿI'LL HAVE NO PEACE ÿÿUNTIL I FIND THE REASON ÿÿFOR ALL THIS.

ÿÿÿÿWHY AM I STRONGER ÿÿÿÿTHAN OTHER MEN?

ÿÿWHY DOES MY STRENGTH ÿÿBRING SO MANY SORROWS ÿÿON MY HEAD?

WHERE WILL YOU GO?

ÿÿTO TYRE, TO SEEK MY FORTUNE.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHE KING THERE ÿÿÿÿÿÿIS HOLDING GAMES

ÿÿTO FIND THE BEST WARRIOR ÿÿFOR AN IMPORTANT MISSION.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[swords clashing]

ÿÿÿÿ[soldiers grunting]

ÿÿÿÿTHAT MAN IS DIFFEREN T ÿÿÿÿFROM THE OTHERS.

HE HAS INCREDIBLE STRENGTH.

ÿÿWHO IS HE?

ÿÿI DON'T KNOW, ÿÿHE JUST CAME AND PASSED ÿÿTHROUGH ALL THE TESTS.

ÿÿQUITE A SURPRISE.

ÿÿTHERE'S STILL THE CHARIOTS, ÿÿYOUR MAJESTY.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHAT'S A VERY ÿÿÿÿÿÿHARD TEST, DORCON. ÿÿÿÿÿÿMAYBE TOO HARD,

ÿÿISN'T IT?

ÿÿBUT YOU'VE GOT TO ÿÿBE ABSOLUTELY SURE, ÿÿYOUR MAJESTY.

ÿÿVERY WELL. ÿÿLET THEM BEGIN!

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[horses neighing]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[horses whinnying]

ÿÿÿÿ[horsemen grunting]

[whips cracking]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[grunting]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿHE SEEMS TO BE ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHE FINAL WINNER.

ÿÿWE'LL SOON SEE, ÿÿYOUR MAJESTY.

ÿÿWITH YOUR PERMISSION, ÿÿTHERE ARE STILL THE WRESTLERS.

ÿÿ[men grunting]

ÿÿ[all grunting]

ÿÿYOU HAVE WON, ÿÿVALIANT YOUTH.

ÿÿYOU ARE THE VICTOR ÿÿOF THESE GAMES.

ÿÿI'LL PUT YOUR ÿÿMIGHT TO GOOD USE.

ÿÿÿÿHOW?

ÿÿÿÿÿÿYOU'LL ACCOMPANY MY DAUGHT ÿÿÿÿÿÿCASSIOPEA TO ATHENS.

THIS IS NO EASY TASK.

HELLAS IS MENACED BY EVIL AND MISCHIEF, AS YOU WELL KNOW.

THEY SAY THESE DEMONS COME FROM THIRA, THE BLACK ISLAND

AND ARE THE CREATURES OF THE EVIL KING MINOS

ÿÿÿÿÿÿAND HIS WICKED DAUGHTE R, ÿÿÿÿÿÿADRIANA.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿI WILL TAKE YOUR ÿÿÿÿÿÿDAUGHTER TO ATHENS, SIRE.

. ÿÿÿÿONE MOMENT, YOUR MAJESTY

[stammering] WE MUST BE CAREFUL.

. ÿÿÿÿ(Dorcon) ÿÿÿÿVERY CAREFUL

N? ÿÿÿÿÿÿHOW DO YOU MEA

ÿÿTHIS MAN IS ÿÿA TRUE CHAMPION, YES,

ÿÿBUT HOW CAN WE BE SURE ÿÿHE ISN'T PART OF

ÿÿTHE EVIL AND ÿÿMISCHIEF YOU MENTIONED?

ÿÿÿÿWE CAN'T.

ÿÿPERMIT ME, YOUR MAJESTY. ÿÿWE CAN.

ÿÿWE CAN PUT HIM TO THE TEST ÿÿIN A SACRED PLACE

ÿÿWHERE NO EVIL CAN ENTER.

ÿÿTHE SACRED STABLES ÿÿOF CYBELE,

ÿÿWHERE THE GODDESS' ÿÿ1,000 HORSES ARE KEPT.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿAND THE TEST?

ÿÿA SIMPLE ONE:

ÿÿTO CLEAN THE STABLES ÿÿBY TOMORROW MORNING.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿFATHER, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

ÿÿTHOSE STABLES HAVEN'T ÿÿBEEN CLEANED IN YEARS.

(Cassiopea) IT'S AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK.

ÿÿÿÿDO YOU FEEL EQUAL TO ÿÿÿÿTHIS TEST, HERCULES?

COME AT DAWN, SIRE, AND YOU WILL SEE.

ÿÿSO YOU'VE ALREADY ÿÿGIVEN UP, I SEE, HERCULES.

THE MOON IS ALMOST DOWN, AND THERE YOU SIT.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿIT LOOKS LIKE ÿÿÿÿÿÿDORCON WAS RIGHT.

ÿÿYOU THINK SO?

ÿÿUM, NO.

T. ÿÿÿÿÿÿBUT I KNEW NO ONE COUL D ÿÿÿÿÿÿPOSSIBLY PASS THIS TES

ÿÿNOT EVEN YOU.

. ÿÿÿÿ(Cassiopea) ÿÿÿÿIT IS AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK

T. ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHAT'S WHY ÿÿÿÿÿÿDORCON SUGGESTED I

ÿÿÿÿÿÿHE'S JEALOUS.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿWHY DO YOU WEAR A VEIL , ÿÿÿÿÿÿCASSIOPEA?

ÿÿI'M PROMISED TO ÿÿDIOMENE OF ATHENS.

E ÿÿÿÿBUT THE ORACLE ÿÿÿÿSAID I WOULD MARRY ÿÿÿÿWHOEVER FIRST SAW MY FAC

ÿÿÿÿÿÿAFTER MY 18TH SUMM ER ÿÿÿÿÿÿWAS PAST.

ÿÿSO SINCE THEN, ÿÿI HAVE WORN THIS VEIL.

ÿÿIT'S A SHAME ÿÿNO ONE CAN SEE YOU.

ÿÿI'VE HEARD ÿÿYOU'RE BEAUTIFUL.

. ÿÿÿÿTEND TO YOUR OWN AFFAIRS

. ÿÿÿÿSUCH AS HOW ÿÿÿÿYOU'RE GOING TO ÿÿÿÿEXPLAIN YOUR FAILURE

ÿÿNOT SO FAST.

ÿÿI'M TAKING THINGS EASY ÿÿBECAUSE I KNOW ÿÿWHAT I'M GOING TO DO.

REALLY?

IF YOU DOUBT IT, THEN LET'S MAKE A PACT.

ÿÿIF I SHOULD SUCCEED,

ÿÿÿÿÿÿYOU WILL REMOVE YOUR VEIL.

T. ÿÿÿÿÿÿOH, NO, ÿÿÿÿÿÿI CAN'T DO THA

ÿÿYOU SAID YOURSELF, ÿÿNO ONE CAN PASS THE TEST.

ÿÿDO YOU ACCEPT?

ALL RIGHT, THEN.

ÿÿÿÿI'LL REMOVE MY VEIL,

BUT ONLY FOR YOU, IF YOU SUCCEED.

ÿÿBUT IF YOU FAIL, HERCULES,

E. ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHEN I'LL HAVE ÿÿÿÿÿÿYOU RUN OUT OF TYR

NOW I'VE GOT A REASON TO HURRY.

ÿÿÿÿLET'S GO TO THE RIVER. ÿÿÿÿCOME ON.

R? ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHE RIVER? WHAT FO

ÿÿI WAS TOLD TO CLEAN ÿÿTHE STABLE, BUT NOT HOW.

ÿÿCOME DOWN TO THE RIVER. ÿÿCOME ON.

. ÿÿÿÿHERCULES, I DON'T UNDERSTAND

ÿÿTHERE. YOU SEE THE RIVER?

ÿÿIT WILL DO THE JOB FOR ME.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[rumbling]

ÿÿ[grunting]

ÿÿI'VE DONE WHAT I PROMISED.

NOW IT'S YOUR TURN.

ÿÿÿÿYOUR HIGHNESS, HERE.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHERE. IT'S JUST ÿÿÿÿÿÿAS HERA SAID.

CARRY THE PRINCESS TO MY BOAT.

ÿÿWE'LL KEEP HIM ÿÿTHAT WAY UNTIL

ÿÿWE'RE WELL OUT TO SEA.

THEN WE'LL FEED HIM TO THE SHARKS.

ÿÿ(Athena) ÿÿPOOR HERCULES.

DESTINED TO DIE JUST FOR BEING IN LOVE.

ÿÿÿÿ(Zeus) ÿÿÿÿHE'S NOT DEAD. ÿÿÿÿI ONLY STUNNED HIM.

ÿÿCASSIOPEA WAS PROMISED ÿÿTO THE SON OF HERA.

ÿÿIF I HADN'T STRUCK HERCULES ÿÿWITH MY LIGHTNING,

ÿÿSHE WOULD HAVE DONE WORSE.

ÿÿÿÿBUT IS IT WRONG ÿÿÿÿTO BE IN LOVE?

ÿÿTO HAVE A HEART?

ÿÿÿÿIF HE ISN'T DEAD , ÿÿÿÿHE WILL BE SOON.

DON'T UNDERESTIMATE HIM.

HE KNOWS HOW TO TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF.

ÿÿÿÿ[dolphins crying]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[thunder cracking]

(narrator) FOR 7 DAYS AND 7 NIGHTS HE SWAM,

ÿÿTHIS CHAMPION OF MEN.

HE SWAM THROUGH BECALMED WATERS

AND HE SWAM THROUGH TITANIC STORMS.

[grunts]

ÿÿÿÿ[gasps]

ÿÿYOU'RE HURTING ME. ÿÿLET ME GO!

ÿÿÿÿWHO ARE YOU?

ÿÿÿÿÿÿWHO ARE YOU?

. ÿÿÿÿTHIS IS MY ISLAND, ÿÿÿÿAND YOU ARE THE INTRUDER

ÿÿÿÿMY NAME IS HERCULES.

ÿÿI KNOW.

I KNOW EVERYTHING.

ÿÿWHY DID YOU ASK THEN?

TO TEST YOUR SINCERITY.

ÿÿCOME.

ÿÿWHERE?

ÿÿINTO MY MANSION,

ÿÿWHERE I'LL GIVE YOU ÿÿREST AND FOOD.

ÿÿJUST AS ÿÿTHE FAIRY GODDESS ATHENA ÿÿINSTRUCTED ME TO.

ÿÿCOME.

ÿÿ[grunts]

ÿÿYOU'VE REALLY GOT ÿÿA STRONG APPETITE, ÿÿYOUNG MAN.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHERE, SOME WINE.

I NEED HELP, WITCH.

WILL YOU HELP ME?

ÿÿI WOULD IF I COULD.

ÿÿÿÿYOUR ENEMIES ÿÿÿÿARE MY ENEMIES.

ÿÿKING MINOS AND HIS ÿÿEVIL DAUGHTER ADRIANA ÿÿLEFT ME HERE

ÿÿAND STOLE FROM ME ÿÿTHE ONE THING

ÿÿI COULD HAVE ÿÿUSED TO HELP YOU.

WHAT?

ÿÿTHE CHARM THAT ÿÿATHENA GAVE ME.

ÿÿIT IS OUR ONLY HOPE.

ÿÿIT IS THE ONLY WAY WE HAVE ÿÿOF LEAVING THIS ISLAND.

ÿÿSO WE'RE LOST? ÿÿTRAPPED HERE?

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

ÿÿTHERE IS ANOTHER WAY, BUT NO. ÿÿNO, IT'S TOO RISKY.

ÿÿÿÿHOW? TELL ME!

ÿÿÿÿÿÿCALM DOWN. ÿÿÿÿÿÿCALM DOWN.

ÿÿTHERE IS A WAY,

ÿÿBUT, FIRST OF ALL--

G? ÿÿÿÿÿÿHEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOIN

ÿÿI NEED 10 DROPS OF ÿÿYOUR POWERFUL BLOOD

ÿÿIN EXCHANGE FOR ÿÿWHAT I HAVE TO TELL YOU

ÿÿIF YOU WANT TO SEE ÿÿYOUR SWEETHEART AGAIN.

ÿÿ[sighing]

ÿÿÿÿ[grunts]

ÿÿÿÿ[heaving]

ÿÿWHO ARE YOU?

ÿÿI'M CIRCE, THE SORCERESS.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[chains clinking]

ÿÿÿÿTHERE IT IS, OVER THERE

ÿÿWITH ITS 90 CITIES ÿÿAND ATLANTIS, ITS CAPITAL.

. ÿÿÿÿAND NOW, ALL IS ARRANGED

WHEN THE 7TH MOON RISES,

ÿÿÿÿÿÿWE SHALL SACRIFICE ÿÿÿÿÿÿTO THE GODDESS HERA

. ÿÿÿÿÿÿWHO STANDS BY OUR SIDE

AND THAT SACRIFICE WILL BE YOU.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ(Hercules) ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHIS IS A GARDEN OF EDEN.

ÿÿWHY WOULD A SORCERESS ÿÿLIKE YOU LIVE HERE?

ÿÿÿÿÿÿI TOLD YOU,

ÿÿI TRIED TO DEFY ÿÿTHE WICKEDNESS AND EVIL

ÿÿOF KING MINOS WITH MY MAGIC.

ÿÿBUT HIS EVIL POWER ÿÿIS SO OVERWHELMING

THAT HE DEFEATED ME.

ÿÿAND SO I WAS EXILED FROM THIRA ÿÿAND PLACED HERE.

ÿÿAND THEN I CAME TO RESCUE YOU

ÿÿBECAUSE ATHENA ÿÿURGED ME TO DO IT.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿTO HELP YOU WORK OUT ÿÿÿÿÿÿYOUR DESTINY,

ÿÿAND TO ADVISE YOU WHAT TO DO.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHEN TELL ME.

WE NEED THE CHARM

ÿÿTO CARRY US WHEREVER ÿÿWE WANT TO GO

ÿÿÿÿÿÿEVEN TO THIRA.

BUT YOU SAID THEY STOLE IT.

ÿÿYES, AND THEY THREW IT

ÿÿÿÿÿÿWHERE NO ONE CAN ÿÿÿÿÿÿPOSSIBLY GET IT,

ÿÿEXCEPT SOMEONE LIKE YOU.

ÿÿBUT YOU WILL HAVE TO OVERCOME ÿÿTHE MOST TERRIBLE OBSTACLES.

ÿÿÿÿTAKE THOSE.

ÿÿÿÿ[electronic humming]

ÿÿTHAT SHIELD ÿÿAND THAT SWORD

ÿÿWILL PROTECT YOU ÿÿFROM THE DANGERS ÿÿTHAT LIE AHEAD.

[birds chirping]

ÿÿ(Minos) ÿÿCIRCE HAS TRICKED HERCULES

ÿÿINTO HELPING HER ÿÿRETRIEVE HER TALISMAN.

ÿÿHE'S JUST LIABLE TO DO IT.

ÿÿIF HE DOES, CIRCE WILL BE ÿÿCOMING BACK TO THIRA,

ÿÿAND THIS TIME ÿÿWITH HERCULES.

ÿÿYOU KNOW WHAT A MESS SHE MADE ÿÿTHE LAST TIME, ÿÿALL BY HERSELF.

ÿÿI'VE GOT TO STOP...

ÿÿWE HAVE TO STOP THEM, ÿÿDAEDALUS.

K. ÿÿÿÿÿÿMY LITTLE CREATION ÿÿÿÿÿÿSHOULD DO THE TRIC

R ÿÿÿÿMY 3-HEADED ÿÿÿÿMETAL MONSTE

WILL CONSUME CIRCE AND HERCULES IN ITS FLAMES.

ÿÿÿÿANOTHER MECHANICAL MONSTER?

AND WHY NOT, MINOS?

ÿÿÿÿTHE LAST ONE DIDN'T ÿÿÿÿWORK SO WELL, YOU KNOW.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿIT SPITS COSMIC RA YS ÿÿÿÿÿÿOF DEADLY FIRE.

S? ÿÿÿÿÿÿDO YOU KNOW ÿÿÿÿÿÿWHAT THAT MEAN

COSMIC RAYS?

THAT MEANS THAT

ÿÿÿÿHERCULES AND CIRCE ÿÿÿÿWILL DISINTEGRATE,

ÿÿNOTHING LEFT.

ÿÿÿÿCOULD I JUST SEE IT ÿÿÿÿGROW A LITTLE BIT?

ÿÿIT WOULD MEAN ÿÿA GREAT DEAL TO ME. PLEASE?

ÿÿÿÿ[wailing]

ÿÿÿÿTHE HYDRA. ÿÿÿÿTHE 3-HEADED DRAGON

ÿÿTHAT GUARDS ÿÿTHE GATES OF HELL.

ÿÿ[machine humming]

ÿÿÿÿ[yells]

ÿÿTHE SHIELD! ÿÿREFLECT THE RAYS BACK AT HIM!

ÿÿÿÿ[Hercules grunting]

ÿÿDESTROY IT WITH ITS OWN RAYS. ÿÿLIFT THE SHIELD!

ÿÿÿÿ[wailing]

ÿÿ[Hercules panting]

ÿÿTHERE, THE ENDLESS STAIRWAY

ÿÿWILL LEAD US TO THE CENTER ÿÿOF THE EARTH.

ÿÿFOLLOW ME, IF YOU EVER ÿÿWANT TO REACH THIRA.

IN ITS CAPITAL, ATLANTIS,

ÿÿÿÿCASSIOPEA AWAITS HOPELESSLY ÿÿÿÿTHE NIGHT OF HER SACRIFICE.

MEANWHILE, HERCULES AND THE SORCERESS CIRCE

ÿÿÿÿÿÿCROSS THE RAINBOW

ÿÿTHAT WILL LEAD THEM ÿÿTO THE GATES OF HELL.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[rumbling]

ÿÿ[wind howling]

? ÿÿÿÿWELL? ÿÿÿÿWHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE

ÿÿTHERE, INSIDE ÿÿTHE SKULL MOUNTAIN.

ÿÿYES, IT'S THE TEMPLE ÿÿOF ETERNITY.

ÿÿIT IS THE CENTER OF HELL. ÿÿTHAT'S WHERE MY CHARM IS.

ÿÿHERCULES, YOU MUST GET IT ÿÿBACK FOR ME.

? ÿÿÿÿHOW CAN WE GET THERE

ÿÿÿÿTRUST ME.

THAT'S CHARON, THE BOATMAN OF THE RIVER STYX.

ÿÿHE'LL TAKE US ACROSS.

ÿÿTHERE, HERCULES, ÿÿUNDER THE HAND OF DESTINY

ÿÿIS THE SOUL OF THE WORLD.

ÿÿIT IS THE PRIMAL SEED ÿÿOF EVERYTHING THAT EXISTS.

ÿÿINSIDE IT IS MY CHARM.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿDON'T BE TAKEN IN ÿÿÿÿÿÿBY APPEARANCES.

ÿÿIT LOOKS SIMPLE, ÿÿBUT ONLY YOU CAN GET IT

ÿÿIF YOU CAN PASS THE TEST.

WHAT TEST?

ÿÿTHE SOUL IS INACCESSIBLE, ÿÿPROTECTED BY A BARRIER.

ÿÿA TRIPLE BARRIER OF MAGIC, ÿÿSUCH AS THAT AROUND THIRA

ÿÿAND WHICH KEEPS EVERYTHING ÿÿAWAY FROM THE SOUL.

ÿÿSTRETCH YOUR HAND OUT ÿÿAND YOU'LL SEE.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[whirring]

HOW?

ÿÿTRY IT AGAIN, HERCULES.

ÿÿÿÿBUT BE PREPARED ÿÿÿÿFOR A TERRIBLE TEST.

ÿÿÿÿ[whirring]

[screaming]

ÿÿHOLD STRONG, HERCULES.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[grunting]

ÿÿNOW THE COLD IS COMING.

ÿÿAFTER THE HEAT OF THE SOUL, ÿÿTHE SUPREME FREEZE,

ÿÿTHE FINAL BARRIER.

ÿÿRESIST. ONLY YOU CAN DO IT.

ÿÿYOU CAN MAKE ÿÿTHE BARRIER DISAPPEAR.

ÿÿÿÿTHE TALISMAN. ÿÿÿÿGET IT NOW. TAKE IT QUICKLY.

T. ÿÿÿÿÿÿI'VE GOT I

. ÿÿÿÿTHE TALISMAN

A. ÿÿÿÿÿÿNOW I CAN GET TO ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHE ISLAND OF THIR

[exclaims]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿJUST A MOMENT.

ÿÿÿÿGIVE IT TO ME.

I KEPT MY SIDE OF THE BARGAIN,

ÿÿÿÿÿÿNOW YOU MUST SHOW ME ÿÿÿÿÿÿYOU HAVE NOT LIED.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿARE YOU READY TO TAKE ME ÿÿÿÿÿÿTO CASSIOPEA NOW?

ÿÿI CAN'T TAKE YOU TO THIRA, ÿÿNOT EVEN WITH THE TALISMAN.

ÿÿTHE MAGIC OF KING MINOS ÿÿAND ADRIANA CANCELS MINE OUT.

A CURSE ON YOU!

ÿÿSTOP, PLEASE.

I BEG YOU.

ÿÿGIVE IT TO ME, HERCULES.

ÿÿÿÿOTHERWISE IT WILL BE ÿÿÿÿLOST FOREVER.

ÿÿÿÿ[sighing]

PLEASE.

CAN YOU AT LEAST TAKE ME NEAR THIRA?

ÿÿTHAT I CAN DO. ÿÿPASS ME THAT TALISMAN.

ÿÿÿÿ[sighing]

ÿÿCREATOR OF THE LIGHT,

ÿÿPOSSESSOR OF THE KEYS ÿÿAND OF THE BURNING BREATH

ÿÿAND OF THE GLOWING SOUL, ÿÿHEAR ME.

ÿÿGOD OF THE EMPIRE, ÿÿCONDUCTOR OF THE PLANETS,

ÿÿHIGHEST OF ALL THE GODS,

ÿÿGOD OF THE SKY ÿÿAND OF THE EARTH.

ÿÿÿÿ[chanting]

ÿÿTAKE ME AS CLOSE AS ÿÿPOSSIBLE TO THIRA!

ÿÿÿÿNOW.

[waves crashing]

. ÿÿÿÿÿÿANOTHER ONE OF ÿÿÿÿÿÿYOUR TRICKS, WITCH

. ÿÿÿÿTHIS DOES NOT LOOK ÿÿÿÿLIKE THE ISLAND OF THIRA

ÿÿTHIS DOES NOT ÿÿLOOK LIKE THE PLACE.

ÿÿYES. BUT HERE YOU SHALL HAVE ÿÿTHE MOST PRECIOUS GIFT OF ALL,

ÿÿPROMETHEUS' WINGED CHARIOT.

. ÿÿÿÿBUT THE WINGED HORSE S ÿÿÿÿARE LOST IN INFINITY

ÿÿWITH YOUR STRENGTH ÿÿYOU'LL FIND A WAY ÿÿOF MAKING THEM FLY AGAIN,

ÿÿBUT FIRST, ÿÿYOU MUST WIN IT FROM XENODAMA,

ÿÿTHE KING OF AFRICA.

ÿÿI HOPE I HAVEN'T COME ÿÿALL THIS WAY

ÿÿFOR NOTHING, CIRCE.

ÿÿSOME YEARS AGO,

ÿÿYOU PROMISED ME ÿÿPROMETHEUS' CHARIOT

ÿÿIF I COULD OPEN A CHANNEL ÿÿIN THIS DRY STRIP OF LAND.

ÿÿYOU MAY HAVE IT, ÿÿIF YOU GRANT MY WISH.

ÿÿBUT HOW WILL YOU DO IT?

ÿÿJUST WAIT AND SEE.

ÿÿMY STRENGTH ALONE ÿÿCAN'T DO IT.

ÿÿIS THERE ANYTHING ÿÿYOU CAN DO TO HELP ME?

ÿÿO GODDESS WHO ÿÿCREATED THE CHANT ÿÿTHAT ALL HONOR,

ÿÿYOU WHO ARE ÿÿTHE INDESCRIBABLE, SECRET,

ÿÿECHOING, RESPLENDENT BUD,

ÿÿYOU WHO WITH ONE LOOK

ÿÿCAN MAKE THE MIST ÿÿAND DARKNESS DISAPPEAR.

ÿÿYOU, O GODDESS, ÿÿWHO CAN MOVE THE COSMOS

ÿÿWITH THE BEATING ÿÿOF YOUR WINGS.

ÿÿGIVE NOW TO HERCULES

ÿÿTHE SIZE AND HEIGHT ÿÿHE CALLS FOR.

ÿÿ[chanting]

ÿÿÿÿGROW, HERCULES.

GROW!

ÿÿGROW!

ÿÿÿÿ[footsteps pounding]

ÿÿÿÿ(narrator) ÿÿÿÿTHUS, WITH THE HELP ÿÿÿÿOF THE GODS,

ÿÿÿÿHERCULES AND THE SORCERESS ÿÿÿÿCREATED THE GREAT CONTINENTS

ÿÿÿÿBY SEPARATING ÿÿÿÿEUROPE FROM AFRICA.

ÿÿYOU'VE GIVEN TOO MUCH ÿÿTO YOUR CHAMPION ÿÿAND TO THE SORCERESS, ZEUS.

. ÿÿÿÿTHEY'VE HAD TO WORK HARD ÿÿÿÿFOR EVERYTHING THEY HAVE WON

ÿÿÿÿÿÿBUT THEY HAVE USED MAGIC, ÿÿÿÿÿÿMAGIC THAT BELONGS TO US.

. ÿÿÿÿ(Zeus) ÿÿÿÿENOUGH, HERA

ÿÿÿÿTHE OPPOSING SIDES ARE EVEN.

ÿÿÿÿTHE VICTOR WILL WIN ÿÿÿÿBY HIS OWN STRENGTH.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿAND I THINK A TIME ÿÿÿÿÿÿOF TROUBLE HAS COME

ÿÿÿÿFOR HERCULES AND CIRCE.

BECAUSE, FOR THE SAKE OF BALANCE,

ÿÿÿÿI'M GOING TO GIVE ÿÿÿÿCIRCE A LITTLE GIFT.

ÿÿA GIFT FROM APHRODITE, ÿÿTHE GODDESS OF LOVE.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿOHH, BUT YOU KNOW ÿÿÿÿÿÿVERY WELL

ÿÿTHAT THE SORCERESS ÿÿMUSTN'T FALL IN LOVE.

ÿÿLET'S LET THEM ÿÿDECIDE FOR THEMSELVES.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[grunting]

[door creaking]

ÿÿÿÿ[panting]

T. ÿÿÿÿÿÿ(Circe) ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHERE'S THE CHARIO

S. ÿÿÿÿÿÿBUT WE NEED SOMETHING ÿÿÿÿÿÿTO REPLACE THE MAGIC HORSE

ÿÿCAN YOU THINK ÿÿOF ANYTHING, HERCULES?

ÿÿÿÿ[grunting]

ÿÿ[rumbling]

ÿÿI NEED A ROPE TIED AROUND ÿÿTHIS STONE, SORCERESS.

ÿÿNOW, TIE THE OTHER END ÿÿOF THE ROPE

TO THE CHARIOT.

ÿÿTHANK YOU, SORCERESS.

ÿÿYOU'VE BEEN ÿÿA GREAT HELP TO ME.

ÿÿÿÿNOW OUR ROADS ÿÿÿÿMUST PART.

ÿÿI'M COMING ÿÿTO THIRA WITH YOU.

HOW'S THAT?

ÿÿYOU CAN'T BE CONCERNED ABOUT ÿÿCASSIOPEA'S SAFETY.

ÿÿYOU'RE RIGHT, I'M NOT.

S. ÿÿÿÿÿÿBUT I AM CONCERNED ÿÿÿÿÿÿFOR YOURS, HERCULE

ÿÿARE YOU ABSOLUTELY SURE ÿÿYOU WANT TO COME?

ÿÿYOU'LL FIND ME ÿÿVERY USEFUL.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿEVEN YOUR GREAT STRENG TH ÿÿÿÿÿÿWON'T MEAN MUCH

ÿÿÿÿAGAINST MINO S ÿÿÿÿAND ADRIANA.

ÿÿÿÿ[sighing]

ÿÿALL RIGHT. GET ON.

ÿÿ[Circe grunts]

ÿÿWHY DID ÿÿTHE ROPE BREAK?

ÿÿWHAT HAPPENED ÿÿTO YOUR POWERS?

VE ÿÿÿÿÿÿYOU MADE M E ÿÿÿÿÿÿFALL IN LO

ÿÿÿÿAND WHEN THAT HAPPEN S ÿÿÿÿTO A SORCERESS,

. ÿÿÿÿSHE LOSES ALL HER POWERS

ÿÿIT'S THE LAW OF APHRODITE.

ÿÿÿÿI, THE ENCHANTRESS, ÿÿÿÿHAVE BEEN ENCHANTED.

ÿÿNEVER MIND, WE'RE HERE. LOOK.

ÿÿDRESS THE LITTLE PRINCESS.

, ÿÿÿÿ(Adriana) ÿÿÿÿDEAR CASSIOPEA, ÿÿÿÿPURIFIED BY THE 7TH MOON

ÿÿSWEET AND SUBMISSIVE, ÿÿTHANKS TO THE BLACK LOTUS,

IN THIS, THE NIGHT SET FOR YOUR SACRIFICE.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ(narrator) ÿÿÿÿÿÿHERCULES AND CIRCE

ÿÿÿÿÿÿFINALLY REACHED ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHEIR DESTINATION,

THE GREEN ISLE OF THIRA.

(Circe) THIS IS AS FAR AS I GO.

ÿÿTHAT CAVE, HERCULES, WILL ÿÿTAKE YOU DIRECTLY

ÿÿTO THE CENTER OF ÿÿKING MINOS' PALACE

ÿÿTHROUGH HIS ÿÿUNDERGROUND LABYRINTH.

ÿÿTHERE YOU'LL FIND ÿÿYOUR CASSIOPEA,

ÿÿBUT YOU MUST HURRY.

THE 7TH MOON IS HIGH IN THE SKY

ÿÿÿÿÿÿAND THE SACRIFICE ÿÿÿÿÿÿIS ABOUT TO BE MADE.

ÿÿNOW EVERYTHING DEPENDS ÿÿON YOUR INCREDIBLE STRENGTH, ÿÿHERCULES.

ÿÿÿÿCOME WITH ME, CIRCE.

ÿÿÿÿTHIS IS YOUR DESTINY . ÿÿÿÿYOU MUST GO ALONE.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿHERCULES!

ÿÿÿÿ[groans]

] ÿÿÿÿ[wailing

ÿÿÿÿ[grunts]

] ÿÿÿÿ[wailing

ÿÿCIRCE.

ÿÿÿÿ[groans]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿYOU MUST THINK ÿÿÿÿÿÿOF CASSIOPEA NOW.

ÿÿSHE IS THE WOMAN CHOSEN ÿÿFOR YOU BY THE GODS.

ÿÿYOU MUST WIN FOR HER,

AND TO GIVE A FUTURE TO YOUR WORLD.

ÿÿÿÿAND FOR ME, TOO.

ÿÿÿÿ[groans]

ÿÿ[sighs]

MINOS!

[yelling] MINOS!

ÿÿHERCULES HAS ENTERED ÿÿMY LABYRINTH IN THIRA.

ÿÿHE'S IN A TRAP.

ÿÿTHERE'S NO SORCERESS ÿÿTO HELP HIM THIS TIME.

ÿÿAND I HAVE PLANS FOR HIM.

ÿÿDAEDALUS, ÿÿWE'VE DONE IT THIS TIME.

ÿÿYOU'VE EARNED A REST.

ÿÿYOU CAN GO BACK TO CHAOS, ÿÿBEYOND TIME AND SPACE.

ÿÿÿÿI CAN HANDLE IT ÿÿÿÿFROM HERE ON IN.

AND DAEDALUS,

ÿÿÿÿI PROMISE YOU, ÿÿÿÿTHE NEXT TIME I CALL ON YOU

ÿÿWILL BE FOR ÿÿTHE FINAL SHOWDOWN.

ÿÿNOT SCIENCE IN ÿÿTHE SERVICE OF THE GODS,

ÿÿÿÿBUT SCIENCE TO ÿÿÿÿELIMINATE THE GODS.

N. ÿÿÿÿÿÿONLY THEN WILL I RETUR

ÿÿÿÿÿÿSCIENCE FOR ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHE SAKE OF SCIENCE.

ÿÿÿÿ[creaking]

ÿÿÿÿ[Hercules grunting]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[Hercules yelling]

(narrator) HERCULES HAS FALLEN DEEP INTO THE DUNGEONS OF ATLANTIS.

CASSIOPEA IS BEING TAKEN TO MEET HER TRAGIC END.

ÿÿÿÿKING MINOS' TREACHEROUS PLAN ÿÿÿÿIS ABOUT TO BE FULFILLED.

ÿÿÿÿWILL EVIL TRIUMPH OVER GOOD?

ÿÿÿÿTHE GODS ARE ÿÿÿÿPOWERLESS THIS NIGHT

ÿÿIN THE LAND OF THIRA.

ÿÿ(Adriana) ÿÿCASSIOPEA IS READY FOR ÿÿTHE SACRIFICE, FATHER.

ÿÿTHE GREAT PLAY IS ÿÿDRAWING TO AN END.

ÿÿÿÿHERA HAS WON.

ÿÿIT COULDN'T HAVE GONE ÿÿDIFFERENTLY, ANYWAY.

POOR CIRCE, SHE NEVER DID UNDERSTAND,

HER WITCHCRAFT WAS MESSY, CAUSED CHAOS.

ÿÿÿÿTHE PURE MAGIC OF ÿÿÿÿPERFECT KNOWLEDGE,

ÿÿÿÿÿÿSCIENCE, IS IMPECCABLE.

THE ABSOLUTE DICTATOR OF THE UNIVERSAL FORCES.

ÿÿÿÿIF I TOLD HER ONCE, ÿÿÿÿI TOLD HER A THOUSAND TIMES:

ÿÿÿÿCREATION CAME OUT OF CHAOS, ÿÿÿÿIS SURROUNDED BY CHAOS

ÿÿAND WILL END IN CHAOS.

ÿÿÿÿBUT WHILE WE'RE HERE, ÿÿÿÿWE MUST HAVE PERFECT ORDER.

ÿÿHERE IN THIRA,

ÿÿWE HAVE ELIMINATED ÿÿALL EMOTION,

ÿÿALL HOPE, ALL DOUBT.

ÿÿTHERE IS NO UNCERTAINTY.

ÿÿWHERE WAS I? HERCULES.

ÿÿNOW THAT HERCULES ÿÿIS IN OUR POWER,

ÿÿWE MUST MAKE ÿÿGOOD USE OF HIM.

ÿÿUSE YOUR CHARMS ON HIM. ÿÿHE'S YOURS.

ÿÿIF HE RESISTS, ÿÿUSE THE BLACK LOTUS.

ÿÿÿÿIT'S QUICKER.

ÿÿFROM YOUR UNION ÿÿWILL BE BORN A RACE ÿÿOF SUPREME CHAMPIONS

ÿÿTHAT WILL GOVERN THE EARTH.

ÿÿÿÿHAVE NO FEAR. ÿÿÿÿI WILL CONVINCE HIM.

ÿÿI'VE NO DOUBT, ÿÿMY DEAR.

ÿÿAND NOW IT'S YOUR TURN, ÿÿMY LOVELY VIRGIN.

ÿÿYOUR GROOM IS EAGER TO ÿÿINFLAME YOUR PASSIONS.

ÿÿÿÿ[grunts]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[chains rattling]

ÿÿÿÿ[door opening]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿMINOS MEANS TO ÿÿÿÿÿÿGIVE YOU TO ME

ÿÿAND HE COULDN'T ÿÿHAVE CHOSEN BETTER.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHE BLACK LOTUS.

ÿÿITS NECTAR NUMBS THE MIND

ÿÿAND AWAKENS THE SENSES.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[sighs]

ÿÿDRINK. DRINK DEEP, MY HERO,

ÿÿTO ENHANCE ÿÿTHE THOUSAND PLEASURES ÿÿI WILL GIVE YOU.

WHERE IS CASSIOPEA?

ÿÿSHE IS ABOUT TO ÿÿBE TURNED TO ASHES.

ÿÿÿÿ[gasps]

] ÿÿÿÿ[yelling

ÿÿSTOP HIM!

ÿÿDON'T KILL HIM, ÿÿBUT DON'T LET HIM ESCAPE!

GO, BLOCK HIM.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿOPEN.

ÿÿÿÿ[grunts]

ÿÿÿÿ[gasps]

ÿÿÿÿ[grunts]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[groans]

ÿÿÿÿ[yells]

ÿÿÿÿ[gasps]

ÿÿTAKE ME TO ÿÿCASSIOPEA, NOW.

FOLLOW ME.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHIS IS THE PHOENI X, ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHE FIRE BIRD.

ÿÿÿÿAT LAST IN MY POWER.

ÿÿÿÿYOU CAPTURED ÿÿÿÿTHE PHOENIX?

O? ÿÿÿÿÿÿAND IT'S HERE, ÿÿÿÿÿÿIN THIS VOLCAN

ÿÿYES, MY DEAR, ÿÿTHIS VOLCANO,

ÿÿWITH ITS INEXHAUSTIBLE ENERGY, ÿÿIS CONCENTRATED HERE,

ÿÿÿÿDEDICATED TO ÿÿÿÿTHE GLORY OF THIRA.

IT IS THE SOURCE OF MY STRENGTH.

ÿÿJUST AS THE PHOENIX ÿÿIS RENEWED IN THE DESTRUCTION

ÿÿÿÿOF ITS OWN ASHES, ÿÿÿÿSO MY STRENGTH

ÿÿIS RENEWED EVERY SUMMER ÿÿOF THE 7TH EQUINOX

ÿÿWHEN I OFFER IT ÿÿA VIRGIN BRIDE.

ÿÿTHIS NIGHT, CASSIOPEA,

ÿÿYOU WILL BECOME ÿÿBRIDE OF THE PHOENIX.

ÿÿYOU WILL DESCEND ÿÿINTO THE SEA OF FIRE

ÿÿIN THIS GOLDEN SHELL

ÿÿÿÿÿÿAND BE FUSED ÿÿÿÿÿÿINTO TOTAL ENERGY.

ÿÿBUT THAT'S THE SWORD--

YES.

ÿÿÿÿTHE SACRED SWORD OF THEBES.

ÿÿADRIANA STOLE IT FOR ME

ÿÿFROM THE TEMPLE OF HERA, ÿÿ20 YEARS AGO.

ÿÿIT'S THE SWORD THAT HOLDS ÿÿTHE KEY TO MY POWER.

ÿÿIT WAS MADE BY THE ANCIENT ÿÿMAKERS OF WEAPONS

ÿÿFROM PIECES OF A STAR ÿÿTHAT HAD FALLEN FROM THE SKY.

ÿÿA SMALL, LOST STAR THAT HAD ÿÿPOWER TO CONTROL FIRE.

ÿÿBEYOND THIS POINT, ÿÿTHE PHOENIX CANNOT RISE.

I, KING MINOS OF THIRA, CONTROL THE FIRE BIRD.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿI FORCED IT TO MAKE ITS NE ÿÿÿÿÿÿHERE IN MY VOLCANO.

Y ÿÿÿÿTHE BEGINNING ÿÿÿÿAND END OF ALL ENERG

. ÿÿÿÿINTO WHICH YOU ÿÿÿÿWILL NOW DESCEND

ÿÿÿÿCASSIOPEA, I COMMAND YOU . ÿÿÿÿGET IN.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[grunts]

ÿÿÿÿTELL THEM TO ÿÿÿÿOPEN THAT DOOR.

ÿÿÿÿTELL THEM NOW.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿGUARDS,

ÿÿÿÿKILL HIM!

ÿÿ[guard yelling]

ÿÿ[shouting]

ÿÿ[all grunting]

ÿÿ[grunts]

ÿÿAT LAST, YOU FAIL!

! ÿÿÿÿDAMN YOU

ÿÿ[yelling]

ÿÿYOU...

[screaming]

ÿÿYOU'RE TOO RELIANT ÿÿON YOUR STRENGTH, MY HERO.

YOU LOOK MUSCLE-BOUND, BUT YOU'RE PRETTY AGILE, AREN'T YOU?

ÿÿ(Cassiopea) ÿÿHERCULES, I'M DOWN HERE!

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[screaming]

ÿÿ[Hercules grunting]

I HAD ANOTHER FATE IN STORE FOR YOU, HERCULES.

PITY IT HAS TO END LIKE THIS.

DON'T TOUCH THAT SWORD.

ÿÿYOU'LL FREE THE PHOENIX.

THE VOLCANO WILL ERUPT!

ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHIS SWORD CONSECRATED ÿÿÿÿÿÿTO ZEUS FEARS NOTHING!

[yelling]

(Cassiopea) HERCULES, PLEASE HURRY.

CASSIOPEA!

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[chains rattling]

ÿÿ(Cassiopea) ÿÿOH, HERCULES, HURRY.

ÿÿÿÿ[sighing]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[volcano erupting]

G. ÿÿÿÿÿÿTHE VOLCANO IS ERUPTIN

ÿÿ(Adriana) ÿÿSTOP.

ÿÿÿÿYOU'VE WON, BUT SHE'S DEAD.

ÿÿÿÿ[gasps]

[groans]

ÿÿÿÿ[volcano rumbling]

ÿÿÿÿ[Cassiopea screams]

ÿÿÿÿTHAT WAY.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[women screaming]

ÿÿÿÿ[Cassiopea gasps]

ÿÿÿÿÿÿ[women continue screaming]

ÿÿÿÿ[explosions]

ÿÿTHE PHOENIX IS FREE ÿÿFROM THE EVIL

ÿÿTHAT HELD IT PRISONER.

ÿÿITS FIRE IS FREE NOW ÿÿTO SERVE THE UNIVERSE.

. ÿÿÿÿTHE WORLD HAS ÿÿÿÿNOTHING MORE TO FEAR

ÿÿNEITHER DO I, ÿÿWITH YOU IN MY ARMS.

ÿÿKISS ME, HERCULES.

ÿÿÿÿWAIT.

ÿÿARE YOU REALLY ÿÿCASSIOPEA?

ÿÿÿÿOR ADRIANA IN A NEW FORM ? ÿÿÿÿOR CIRCE REBORN?

I'M ALL OF THEM, AND NONE OF THEM.

ÿÿÿÿÿÿI'M THE ONE WHO ÿÿÿÿÿÿTRULY LOVES YOU.