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Elianna the Powerful...
sorceress, shifter.
Running for her life through a forest she's never seen until this moment in time.
Assassins - nameless and without mercy.
Soldiers of fortune, mercenaries, hit men.
History is rife with bastards like these.
You've been bested.
Elianna the Powerful - sorceress, shifter.
Running through a forest in a world she's never seen,
moving against time itself...
to save my life.
And who am I?
All right. My name is Granger.
These nice gentlemen- they're after my money.
They're not gonna get it.
There's more where that came from if you want to keep going.
Jesus, Glenn, chill out! The guy's trying to help us!
Why'd you go after his nuts like that? You're right! You're right!
I lost my head a little, Major. I'm sorry, man.
Yeah, all's fair in a real fight.
But I'm retired.
Help him up.
You all right?
Hey, look, sir.
Kick to the balls aside,
we really do appreciate you doing these off-hours for the boys.
You boys are all improving.
And I'm willing to keep it up as long as you keep feeding the gi fund.
Double for you.
All right?
Come on. Don't be shy.
That's good. Some of the kids can't afford their own uniforms.
You know, one day, one of us is gonna put you down.
Not very likely, Captain.
Yeah, you're probably right about that.
Good night, sir.
Good night, Captain.
Wanna grab a beer?
All right, kids. Line up.
Come on. On the mat.
Good. Take your position.
Good. All right.
We'll see you next week, okay? Have a good night now.
Be careful, all right?
Get your shoes.
Another year.
Another 365, guys.
And I couldn't tell you where the time has gone.
Wish I could trade places with you.
To the team.
Until next year.
Where the hell are you people coming from?
The passage is open. The prophecy...
We have but seconds.
The prophecy- It's all that there is.
You gotta be kidding me.
The king's sorcerer.
We have work to do- posthaste.
We must not be caught outside the fortress walls in darkness.
The king requests your presence.
Get him up.
Open the gate!
Close the gate. Close the gate!
I know you can't be here...
alive.
Quite right.
I have passed from this world.
Remember who you're meant to be.
Remember that you must return to this place.
It was my prophecy to die for you.
It is your destiny...
to be here.
From what I've heard, you've had quite an adventure.
The king!
You will stand when the king enters.
Well, that's not cool.
Indeed, it is warm.
I mean, it's...
hardly sanitary.
It is blood, not feces.
The blood of a champion.
The blood of the Chosen One!
For the record, it was your...
it was your men- actually your man...
who did this.
My soldiers were to ensure that you were not taken...
by the Dark One at the enchanted place.
Dark One?
The fellow who followed you through from the Time Beyond.
See, one has mere seconds to follow the enchanted through the blue fire.
Had the Dark One hesitated,
he would have been cut in half by its energy.
Or left in your world.
Instead, he chose to pass through with you...
and our beloved Elianna.
God rest her soul.
All leave save the king's guard.
So, what do people call you in your time?
Granger.
Granger? That is a most unusual name.
Well, you'd be surprised how many times it'd get me laid.
"Laid"? What is "laid"?
Oh, you mean to lay with a woman?
You will curb your common tongue in the presence of the king.
It is inconsequential, Allard.
We're all the same man underneath our cloth.
Right, Granger?
Yeah. And what's your name?
Other than "the king"?
Insolence!
Now you're starting to seriously piss me off!
All right, silence!
There is darkness enough beyond...
without casting stones from within.
Take your men, Allard.
I wish to speak with Granger in confidence.
Aye, my lord.
My noble and trusted guard.
He's a piece of work.
I am afraid...
that I might spend the rest of my days trying to decipher...
your strange manner of speech, Granger.
And to answer your question, I was once known as Raven.
Raven?
From the hunter bird, yes.
Now you're, uh, the king?
Well, that is a story for many, many glasses of ale.
I see that you still harbor disbelief...
on how you've come to be in our time.
Yeah, you could say that.
We live in a time of powerful sorcery,
when men, or objects,
may be imbued with wondrous capabilities.
Elianna worked tirelessly to open the gates between our worlds.
She believed as I do.
She gave her life to find you...
and bring you to our time.
Our kingdom, our very existence, is threatened from without.
You have been brought here, as the prophecy has decreed.
With all respect to your beliefs and...
and her sacrifice, I...
I think you got the wrong guy.
Selflessness is a trait common amongst the uncommon.
Our journey...
has just begun, Granger.
Escort our guest to his quarters...
and make sure that the doctor attends to his wound.
Aye, my lord.
Come.
Why have I been brought here?
At sunrise we shall speak at length.
But rest deep, Granger, for tomorrow...
our adventure begins.
Rest deep.
I do not share my king's devotion to the prophecy,
yet I pledged to honor the crown.
That is why you've not been hung by the town gallows...
for that reason and that reason alone.
Well, that's good to know.
When the time comes- and the time is nigh...
I shall be the one to draw my blade across your skin.
Well, when the time comes, we'll see what we see.
But until then,
be a good royal bitch and show me my room.
I began my day with a protein shake,
and now I'm standing in a medieval sleeping hut.
Acid trips don't get this weird.
Or maybe they do.
I wouldn't know.
No water purification to speak of.
Geez, there's got to be everything from E. coli...
to dead sheep floating around in this stuff.
When in Rome.
En garde!
Now it's you and me, knave.
Sorry.
They must have put me in the wrong hut.
Excellent hardware though.
It is my honor to share your bed.
Well, look, there must have been some kind of mistake.
I'm, uh, just a visitor here.
From the Time Beyond, yes.
I am honored to share your bed.
Oh, you know about that?
As it is written, so shall it pass.
You are the Chosen One.
Look, um...
Will you cover up for a second?
I shall mentally keep the time.
Look, I don't really need you in my bed tonight.
But it is my honor.
I'm a little tired to have a woman share my bed.
Wait. Would you prefer a man?
I can have the guards summon a man. No, no, no, no.
No men. No.
Look, I'm tired and I need to sleep, okay?
Then I will keep your bed with you for warmth.
For warmth? Okay.
If that is all you wish from me.
I suppose tomorrow is another day.
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