Flash Gordon Page #23

Season #8

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Suddenly, there is the SOUND of a GONG. All eyes fall onto the steel and chrome doors of the throne room as they slide upward.

Led in by their HAWKMAN captors, FLASH, THUN, BARIN, and PRINCESS AURA are taken to the four steps at the base of VULTAN’S THRONE.

The HAWKMAN KING stops chewing and delightfully watches as they approach. He wipes his bearded lips with his arm and laughs.

VULTAN:

By the gods! Royalty coming to pay a visit on poor, old Vultan!

AURA stands in front of him and sneers. With one hand on her hip, she points regally toward the floor.

AURA:

Is this the way to greet your emperor’s daughter? On your knees, hawkman!

VULTAN rises and stands in front of her. He bows slightly at the hips, stroking his beard, obviously leering at her ample breasts.

BARIN sees this and STRUGGLES to get free of the TWO HAWKMEN standing on either side HOLDING HIM by the arms.

BARIN:

(to Vultan)

Mind your manners, hawkman!

VULTAN:

(laughs)

You won’t be teaching me any manners today, traitor! (He looks over the group) Royalty! Royalty, indeed! The turncoat prince of Arboria, the reigning monarch of the lionmen, and the beautiful offspring of our one and only emperor, Ming the Merciless! (he hands a HAWKMAN a bag of coin) A fine catch, Maldor! (Vultan turns to FLASH) And what far-off land do you rule, my white-skinned, fair-haired friend?

FLASH:

None. I’m not even from this planet. I’m an earthman.

AURA:

These three men are my captives in the name of your emperor, Ming the Merciless!

VULTAN lasciviously looks AURA over. He licks his lips and strokes his beard.

VULTAN:

Ah, the unmistakable Princess Aura. Our emperor has sired himself a beauty...

AURA:

You forget yourself, Vultan.

VULTAN:

(laughs)

Never would I do that! It IS myself I am thinking of! A princess royale to share my throne!

AURA:

My father will send an army to destroy you and your entire city!

VULTAN:

(laughs)

What?! And murder his own son-in-law?

He grabs AURA and pulls her close. She resists. His thick hands glide over her hips, backside, breasts.

AURA:

How dare you! You dare you make me a prisoner?!

BARIN struggles to free himself. VULTAN sees his jealous discomfort.

VULTAN:

A lesson for you, hunter, you fought a guerrilla war against Ming in an attempt to overthrow him and won nothing but outlawry for you and your forest kingdom. You see, there’s another way, if not to destroy Ming, then force him to share his power, eh, princess? Take her to my rooms!

VULTAN releases AURA. TWO HAWKWOMEN take her by the arm. VULTAN turns to the HAWKMEN who captured our group.

VULTAN:

Guards! Take Thun and the earthman to the atomic furnaces where they will enjoy hawkman hospitality!

He laughs.

BARIN:

You can’t do this, Vultan!

VULTAN:

Oh? I suppose you don’t wish to be separated from your companions, eh, traitor? In that case, join them!

AURA:

Release these men, Vultan, or I swear I’ll...

VULTAN backhand slaps her.

VULTAN:

Don’t annoy me! Guards, take them away!

The entire group is led out. VULTAN stands at his throne and watches. He throws his head back and lets out a raucous laugh.

WHIPE TO:

EXT. MINGO CITY – MONGO – DAY

A great lizard stands and croaks on a cliff bluff overlooking the vast, arid prairie between it and the sprawling crimson-spired city of Mingo in the near distance.

INT. MING’S LABORATORIES – MINGO CITY – DAY

Hunched over a computer console, ZARKOV works on figures and readouts. It is OBVIOUS he is TIRED and under STRESS. He has been ABUSED and BEATEN. TWO MECHANICAL MEN appear at the entrance and stand guard as MING enters.

MING:

Good afternoon, Dr. Zarkov. I trust you are enjoying yourself?

He doesn’t look up from his test tubes. Mumbles.

ZARKOV:

I do what I must.

MING:

Ah, yes. I apologize for subjecting you to the pain-amplifying ray, but even a man of your genius cannot be allowed to contradict the wishes of Ming the Merciless.

MING walks over to the wall CONTROL BOARD and FLICKS a switch. The CONSOLE SCREEN flickers to life to reveal a DISTORTED image of the EARTH.

ZARKOV:

The earth! Mein Gott! It’s so close!

MING:

Indeed. With each passing hour, the time grows nearer when your earth will be within striking distance of my space armada.

ZARKOV:

(angry)

You’re a fool if you think Earth will succumb to your forces so easily!

MING spins at ZARKOV in a rage.

MING:

No man calls Ming a fool!

MING steps towards ZARKOV as if to assault him when CAPTAIN MALO appears at the laboratory entrance.

CAPTAIN MALO:

Your majesty.

MING:

What is it? Did your rescue party locate any trace of my daughter and the earth people?

MALO:

Yes, your majesty. We discovered a patrol survivor who had been injured in a fight with the earthman, Gordon. He told us that the earth girl had been taken prisoner to King Vultan’s skycity.

MING:

Where, no doubt, that lecherous, bloated lout will throw her in with the rest of his sex harem. What of the others?

MALO:

The Princess Aura and Flash Gordon, aided by a lionman, were found by Prince Barin as they attempted to trespass through Arboria. All three were abducted by a hawkman scouting party to the skycity.

MING:

Barin?! I knew that treasonous pretender would stick his snout into my affairs sooner or later. Prepare my rocket fleet at once! We will go to the skycity of Vultan and teach that hawkman a much needed lesson!

WHIPE TO:

EXT. HAWKMAN SKY CITY – SKY – DAY

A HAWKMAN patrol soars majestically on their feathered wings towards the glittering skycity suspended above the grey clouds of Mongo.

DISSOLVE:

EXT. HAREM TOWER – HAWKMAN SKY CITY – DAY

An art-deco tower of chrome and bronze glitters as blue banners flutter in the wind.

CUT TO:

INT. HAREM TOWER – HAWKMAN SKY CITY – DAY

Forlorn and saddened, DALE ARDEN sits on an embroidered chaise staring out the huge balcony window to the city. Around her, in the LUXURIOUSLY FURNISHED room, frolic ten other women of VARIOUS RACES. They sit and talk amongst themselves.

The DOORS to the harem slide open and AURA is pushed in by the TWO HAWKWOMEN GUARDS. AURA stands and looks about the ROOM.

DALE, in a fit of UNCONTROLLED RAGE, leaps up and runs towards AURA.

DALE:

You b*tch!

With a streetwise UPPERCUT, DALE sends AURA flying against the wall. The OTHER women watch the fight with giggling glee.

AURA:

How dare you assault me, barbarian! Me! Princess royale of...

DALE:

Shut up! You and your goofy-ass father’s been trying to kill us ever since we landed!

They have a violent cat-fight. PUNCHING and KICKING each other around the room, KNOCKING over furniture.

AURA:

Stop, you foolish earth girl! I am a prisoner here, too!

DALE:

I don’t give a f***! I should toss you and your fake big titties off that balcony!

AURA:

Foolish woman, I am doomed to wed that beast Vultan while your Flash Gordon is rotting in the Atomic Furnaces!

DALE:

Flash? Flash is here?

AURA composes herself. She wipes the blood off a busted lip.

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