Flash Gordon Page #21

Season #8

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THUN:

We are saved, Flash! A party undoubtedly searching for me! And, look, the squadron is spear-headed by my father, Jurid the king, nonetheless!

The lionman begins to roar, waving his hands in an attempt to get the squadron’s attention.

DALE stands and looks off into the distance.

DALE:

There’s the sharkman’s city! It rose to the surface?

ANGLE ON:
CORALIA sits sparkling on the horizon.

AURA:

King Kala will dispatch soldiers to look for us. We must flee this area.

INT. COCKPIT – GYRO-SHIP – DAY

KING JURID of the lionmen sits in the cockpit seat. A large, REGAL-ATTIRED LIONMAN of 50yrs, he pilots the complicated controls of the small craft. The voice of another lionman growls over his intercom.

LIONMAN PILOT:

King Jurid! We are flying directly over the 503rd Regiment! You’re orders?

KING JURID:

Wipe those demons off the face of Mongo! All aircraft! Attack!

EXT. SKY – MONGO

The squadron of gyro-ships dive, dropping bombs onto the scattering ARMORED MEN below.

EXT. MING’S CAMP – SHORE – DAY

CHAOS! The camp is rendered by HUGE EXPLOSIONS. Men and debris fly into the air. SCREAMS of the injured and DYING mix with the BOMB BLASTS.

On the hood of the tank, the commander signals to his men.

COMMANDER:

All batteries! Open fire!

The tank unleashes a red beam at the squadron of gyro-ships. With a low ELECTRIC CRACKLE, the beam cuts through several ships causing them to BURST into a million pieces.

On the lorry attached to the tank, several ARMORED MEN man the art-deco searchlight as it combs the sky with a long finger of light, seeking the range of the approaching gyro-ships.

INT. COCKPIT – GYRO-SHIP – DAY

KING JARID pilots his ship as he speaks into his intercom.

KING JARID:

They’re activating their magnetic transducer! Evasive maneuvers!

EXT. SKY – SHORE – MONGO - DAY

There is a low, electronic hum. A FLUCTUATING WAVE EFFECT shoots up towards the spinning ships. The remaining gyro-ships are forced by the magnetic ray to attach to one another. SUSPENDED in the sky by the deadly rays, the GYRO-SHIPS are drawn within range of the tank’s powerful heat ray which melts the ships and sends their occupants to a horrible death.

MELTED debris and CORPSES of CHARRED LIONMEN rain down into the SEA.

EXT. ROCK BLUFFS – SEA OF ZODAN – DAY

FLASH, DALE, and THUN stare at the results of the savage fight in awe. THUN is moved by witnessing the death of his father.

AURA sneers as she glances upward.

AURA:

Perhaps now that will teach those stupid barbarian mutants to stay in their country!

DALE turns angrily.

DALE:

You know, you got some real issues, lady!

THUN stares wide-eyed as the gyro-ships fall in flames. He DROPS to his KNEES. He roars in anger and frustration.

THUN:

Father!

FLASH:

I am so sorry, Thun. I’m so...

THUN:

A thousand deaths are not enough for Ming! I will kill that monster with my last breath! From this day forward, if your true path leads to rid Mongo of that tyrant, I will remain by your side to the end, earthman!

FLASH nods with empathy.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. ANTE-ROOM – CORALIA

KALA is on his knees in front of the monitor. The image on the screen is of an enraged Ming.

KALA:

Please! Your majesty! I beg of you!

MING:

You allowed them to escape? You have failed me for the last time, sharkman! Captain Malo, order the army commander on the shore to blast the sharkman’s city to atoms!

KALA:

My emperor! No!

EXT. ROCK BLUFFS – MONGO – DAY

The group hears a LOW, THROBBING hum and then an ELECTRONIC BUZZ of ARCING ELECTRICITY as a powerful BEAM shoots out of the TANK and towards CORALIA. There is a BRIGHT FLASH and a tremendous EXPLOSION as the city is BLASTED TO DUST!

DALE clings onto FLASH.

DALE:

Oh my God! All those people!

THUN:

Every kingdom of Mongo will meet the same fate if we do not succeed in dethroning that tyrant.

AURA looks back at the army, her GLANCE carries the obvious intention of alerting the ARMORED MEN of their whereabouts. THUN sees she is about to raise her hands and call out. The lionman grabs AURA and flings her VIOLENTLY to the ground.

THUN:

Keep your mouth shut, she-b*tch!

FLASH:

Thun?!

THUN:

She was about to alert those soldiers to where we are!

FLASH:

Dammit, Aura! Watch her until they’re out of range, Thun! (to AURA) You’ve caused enough trouble, princess. No more!

AURA seethes in spoiled anger.

DALE:

Flash, where do we go now?

FLASH:

I don’t know, Dale. Thun?

THUN:

We are on the borders of the Arboria, Prince Barin’s realm. If we can pass unnoticed, my kingdom lies on the far side. (He begins to step down a set of natural stairs) This way, I know a secret passage through the rim of the crater which encircles Arboria.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. ROCKY PASSAGE – CRATER – MONGO – DAY

THUN leads FLASH, DALE, and AURA through a TEMPLE SHRINE-like entrance in the rock. They begin a descent down winding and extremely ancient stairs carved into the cliffside.

They do not notice at the bottom of the steep stairs, four ARMORED MEN waiting in ambush. The moment the group steps to the base of the stairs:

ARMORED MAN:

Get them!

The four ARMORED MEN charge, drawing their swords. FLASH puts himself between the ARMORED MEN and THUN.

FLASH:

Thun! Take Dale to safety!

FLASH quickly picks up a large rock and chucks it at the first oncoming ARMORED MAN. The GUARD is stunned by the blow to his face. He DROPS his SWORD. FLASH quickly grabs the blade and begins CHOPPING at the other three ARMORED MEN.

THUN, with DALE in his arms, runs off around a craggy bend. He stops behind a large boulder. DALE looks back at FLASH.

DALE:

Flash! Flash!

THUN:

Remain here! I will help him!

AURA has STOPPED and, pulling out her blade, begins savagely stabbing at the fallen guard who FLASH had hit with the rock.

THUN:

(to DALE)

Remain here!

THUN runs over to FLASH and, drawing his sword, brutally DECAPITATES one of the ARMORED MEN.

DALE watches intently. Suddenly, there is the quickly approaching SOUND of FLAPPING WINGS. DALE looks up and SCREAMS!

Together, THUN and FLASH easily overcome the last of the ARMORED MEN.

THUN:

Good work, earthman.

FLASH:

Where’s Dale?

THUN:

This way. I hid her behind that outcropping.

FLASH, THUN, and AURA return to where DALE was left. She is gone. FLASH worriedly looks about. No sign of her.

THUN:

By the gods! She was here, Flash!

FLASH:

Dale! Dale!

SUDDENLY, from above, a sickly VINE wraps around THUN and yanks him UPWARD. AURA and FLASH react as they are also GRABBED by writhing VINES. The THORNY TENDRILS lift them into the air.

AURA:

Ahhhh! It’s a constrictor plant!

Rooted onto the side of the cliff, the GIANT FLYTRAP-like plant hisses as it draws its prey to its GAPING MAW.

There is the SOUND of a HUNTER’S HORN. The shot PANS over to reveal a MAN on an adjacent cliffside BLOWING the curved HORN. FOUR OTHER similarly dressed men appear. They wear BRONZE CHESTPLATES over GREEN LEATHER tunics, black leather shorts, boots, and GREEN CLOAKS embroidered with GOLD TRIM. They remove their BOW AND ARROWS, aim, and shoot FIERY ARROWS at the hissing plant. The giant plant BURSTS INTO FLAME, dropping its victims.

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