Atlantis

It's Medusa, isn't it? Tell me. Tell me it isn't her.

EERIE HISSING

She took her life to save Atlantis.

SOBS

~ How did you get in here? ~ I can't explain. We need to move fast.

You will not kill me...

.. because I am your mother.

Medusa...

aideomai se kai eukhomene

kharin iskho.

~ Medusa... ~ We have to go.

~ What is it? ~ A patrol.

An Atlantean patrol.

~ How many? ~ Too many.

Are you going to help?

No.

You flee if you want to.

What are you doing?

What we should have done ages ago.

~ This is madness. ~ Then stay here!

Always the hero.

Jason...

Jason!

~ He cannot go alone. ~ He will be killed.

We can't give up on him now.

Give up on him?! We've risked everything for that boy.

And in return...

No. He's made it quite clear he's happy on his own, and that's fine by me.

Hey! I thought I'd save you the journey.

YELLING

YELLS

Please...

My Queen.

Ariadne.

He's unarmed.

I wanted no part of this.

Stand down.

It is you I wish to serve.

Come, we will not harm you.

~ What are you doing? ~ DULL THUD

CHOKES AND SPLUTTERS

He was a defenceless boy!

He tried to kill us.

I told you to stand down.

And who are you to give me orders?

CROW CAWS

You're wasting your time. They're gone.

~ Is this true? ~ They're all dead.

Well, well... What a hero you are!

How many more dead to add to your tally?

Someone had to protect us.

Protect us? And what'll happen when they find the bodies, eh?

You don't think they'll come looking for us?

All you've achieved is to rob a lot of mothers of their sons

and to tell Pasiphae exactly where we are.

This is no time for fighting.

But he doesn't know any other way, does he?

It's not like he could use his brain...

Jason!

..because he doesn't have one.

That's right. Fall back on what you know.

Here... Why don't you take my head as well?

~ Jason... ~ No.

It might not be as pretty.

Or useful.

No, no!

I need to look at it.

We need to move out! Which is what we should have done all along!

~ The patrol have not returned. ~ What does that mean?

~ I do not know. ~ They are lost? Dead? ~ Possibly. ~ But Jason is not.

He could be over the border by now. How did we let this happen?

~ All will be well. ~ For who?

Jason knows I am his mother. He knows he is the rightful heir to the throne.

He also knows that he is touched by the gods.

He's drawn to us. I've seen it with my own eyes.

Perhaps.

I remember when I first became aware of my powers. I was so frightened.

I could feel the darkness around me.

~ I remember that, too. ~ That's how Jason feels right now.

~ He will come to us. ~ Oh, I wish I had your faith.

You will see.

No, we cannot rely on Jason to change allegiance.

~ Given time, though... ~ My orders remain the same.

We must find him, we must kill him.

We'll need to hunt tomorrow.

Do you think we'll be safe here?

~ Is this how it's going to be? ~ I didn't ask for your company.

Not now.

And not earlier.

Because you could have defeated them alone?

Because I am sick of taking orders.

I assure you it will be my last.

SHE SIGHS

I have never seen you as someone to order around. You know that.

I have also never seen you as a cold-hearted killer.

What you have learned about Pasiphae...

It must have been a great shock.

But you cannot let it change who you are.

~ The Jason I know and love... ~ I don't want any company.

SIGHS He does not deserve to be loved.

I'm sorry.

There. You will live.

What's the point?

I would rather join Medusa than endure this any longer.

Don't say that.

She died for this.

For this?!

She sacrificed her own life so we might live in peace. What good did it do?

It is hard to tell at the moment.

Pasiphae is still on the throne,

Atlantis lies in ruin,

and we're fugitives, stuck in a forest with no food, no medicine.

Just a stark raving lunatic for company.

It is as the Oracle foretold.

Now that Jason knows the truth about his mother...

.. his heart is blackened.

Then there's nothing we can do.

He is lost to us for ever.

I cannot believe that.

RESTLESS BREATHING

CROW CAWS

CAWING

FLURRY OF WINGS

CROW SCREECHES

It's all right. You're all right. It was just a dream.

I fail to see how this news is supposed to please me.

Who else would be using makeshift arrows to defend themselves?

Who else would be hiding out in the forest

like fugitives? We are close, my Queen.

But not close enough!

~ Dispatch a patrol. ~ It is already done.

DOOR UNLOCKED

DOOR CREAKS OPEN

I never thought I'd see Jason attack his friends.

He is not the Jason we know.

We mustn't forget that.

He was the Jason we know when he killed Medusa.

I know how you feel about him right now, but you must remember

what the Oracle said.

Jason is the only person who can save Atlantis.

I'm going to find Melas.

If anyone knows how to help Jason, Melas surely will.

~ If they find you... ~ They won't.

~ I still have friends in the city. ~ What makes you think Melas'll help?

Melas does not want to see Atlantis fall any more than you or I.

He could have turned me in when I took Pandora's Box, but he didn't.

I hope you're right.

We have to try something...

.. for Medusa's sake, if nothing else.

BOTH SIGH

We don't have long. The guards patrol every corner of the city.

What news of Daedalus?

He's suffering from a fever.

He'll be fine.

He has probably invented a cure by now.

I am sorry to come to you like this.

My friend... you have seen the way we live.

I will do all I can to help.

They're still enforcing the curfew. We cannot move around the city after dark.

~ What do you suggest? ~ I have a friend...

A very useful friend.

~ Someone we can trust? ~ Someone who may be...

.. persuaded to stay silent.

So, what does this friend do?

What makes him immune to the curfew?

Nobody stops me.

Even Pasiphae wants her city to smell nice.

I'd be happy to help you.

You know if we're caught, Pasiphae will likely have us killed.

Better make sure you're nicely covered, then, hadn't we?

I'll take you as far as I can.

Keep your heads down.

Halt!

Beautiful night for it. Did you ever see such a moon?

~ Where are you headed? ~ Wherever the horses have been.

Which, I don't mind telling you, is pretty much everywhere.

~ Under whose authority? ~ Why, the Queen.

Tell me, where do you live?

For a small consideration, I'll give it an extra-special clean!

BURPS

All right, be on your way.

I had hoped Pythagoras would be back by now.

Don't worry about him. He is more skilled than he looks.

You are thinking of Medusa?

When I think about her sacrifice...

Medusa's death may rest heavy on your shoulders...

.. but the fault does not lay with you.

It pains me to see the two of you at odds.

We must not allow ourselves to be consumed with anger.

If we turn against one another, then Pasiphae has won.

Indeed.

She has won.

Good luck to her.

May her power bring her much happiness...

This is it. This is as far as I go.

Halt!

Beautiful evening for it.

Huh...

The streets are quiet, the stars are out.

Missed a spot.